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White Shark Tracking East After Pinging Off Long Island Coast
A large white shark apparently loves Long Island and New England and has decided to stay awhile.
For the second time in a one-week span, Frosty has pinged in the Atlantic, and it's apparently moving east.
Measuring 9-feet, 2 inches, and weighing 393 pounds, Frosty pinged south of Hampton Bays at around 10:15 p.m. Saturday, May 13, according to the non-profit Ocearch group.
A new ping was reported on Sunday, May 21 at about 4:30 a.m. in between Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. (See the first image above.)
Frosty was first pinned off the coast of Georgia on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2022. …
More To Come? Research Scientists Spell Out Possible Reasons For Increase In Shark Attacks
As the number of shark sightings and attacks increase in waters up and down the Atlantic Coast, research scientists say to expect more and point to climate change, and the rebounding of the shark population as the reasons.
Researchers say shark populations, which declined as much as 90 percent from the 1970s to the 1990s, are now rebounding as the ecosystem resettles, Robert Hueter, the chief scientist of Ocearch, told The New York Times.
But, Hueter also points to climate change at work, saying sharks have moved up the coast to the New York Bight, a wedge formed by the shorelines of Long I…
1,600-Pound Great White Shark Pinged Off Nantucket
A 1,600-pound shark was tracked off the coast of Nantucket on Wednesday, July 6.
Scot, the 12-foot-long white shark, "pinged" in George's Bank around 11:20 a.m., according to shark research group OCEARCH. A "ping" happens when an animal tag breaks the surface of the water, sending data.
Scot's latest ping was not too far from where he was tagged by researchers in Nova Scotia in last September. He's been swimming up and down the East Coast ever since.
Scot apparently swam nearly 500 miles since July 1, when he was tracked off the coast of Ocean City, MD.
Meet Scot, a 12'4", 1,644lb M…
