Q: What's a pilot fish? A: There are two answers to that question. One is the Mother Nature version: Pilot fish are small fish that swim just ahead of sharks. When the shark changes direction, so do ...

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VIRGINIA BEACH — As celebrations wrap for Independence Day, marine life fanatics are gearing up for a week dedicated to one of the ocean’s most famous residents. Shark Week, a marathon of 25 hours of ...

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Saturday afternoons in July are prime time to get bitten by the ocean's greatest predator, according to a new shark attack file that looks at big fish bites over the past half-century.

Shark fishermen sling bait — sometimes even blood — to lure the ocean's top predator near the same surf where children splash around like prey and most shark attacks occur. For some, that casts much ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. At an undisclosed beach at 5:30 p.m. in New Jersey, shark fisherman AJ Rotondella and two clients wait for beachgoers to leave. Once ...

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