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image: mako shark underwater.

Mar 23, 2026

Are anglers a rising threat to sharks?

Recreational catches of shortfin mako reveal the impacts of modern fishing on open-ocean sharks.

Mar 31, 2025

What causes bonnethead sharks to migrate?

Bonnetheads have strong preferences regarding temperature.
image: waxing moon.

Jan 27, 2025

How does the moon phase affect fish?

A new study suggests when anglers might have the most lunar luck.

Jul 31, 2023

Have bigger sharks given way to smaller sharks along the North Carolina coast?

Over the last 50 years, many shark species have trended toward smaller-sized individuals around Cape Lookout.

Apr 3, 2023

Are East Coast Anglers Catching Tunas, Sharks, and Billfishes Farther North?

Trends from a longstanding recreational survey can help anglers, tournaments, and communities plan for changing fisheries.

Nov 7, 2022

Are Young Great Whites Swimming Coastal Carolina Waters?

New research shows these sharks might not be spending their winters where we expected. 
A sand tiger shark at the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary shipwreck, off the North Carolina coast, bears battle scars inflicted during spawning season. Photo: Greg McFall/NOAA

Aug 1, 2022

Can YouTube Affect How We Think About Sharks?

As Shark Week wraps up, it’s the perfect time to consider how social media can serve as a conservation management tool when it comes to misunderstood wildlife.
kids and teacher peer through the jaws of a megalodon shark

Jul 25, 2022

How Big Was the Megalodon Shark?

New research suggests the extinct species could have been nearly 60 feet long. With Shark Week having begun Sunday on the Discovery Channel, what better time to revisit this popular…
kids and teacher peer through the jaws of a megalodon shark

Jul 25, 2022

How Big Was the Megalodon Shark?

New research suggests the extinct species could have been nearly 60 feet long. With Shark Week having begun Sunday on the Discovery Channel, what better time to revisit this popular…

May 9, 2022

How Often Do Sharks Swipe the Catch?

A new study reveals that avid anglers are no strangers to opportunistic sharks — and this could impact shark conservation.