A 20-year-old woman was swimming in waist-deep water at a popular beach in Long Island, New York, when officials believe she was most likely bitten by a young sand tiger shark earlier this week. EMTs ...

This is not your parents’ Boston Harbor. Once unthinkable when the harbor was nasty and polluted, today’s cleaner waters have actually become a desirable shark habitat as young sharks migrate here ...

There have been multiple sightings of great white sharks in New England waters this summer, as there typically are. But there are other sharks in the area, including in Boston Harbor. And scientists ...

The victim was in waist-deep water when she was bitten on Long Island, N.Y., officials said Michael M. Santiago/Getty; Getty Officials believe a woman was likely bitten by a young sand tiger shark ...

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