Diners were treated to an unexpected nature show when a harmless basking shark swam through a Block Island pond.

"And I managed to give it a few firm kicks." "I felt the crunching and I did see stars emanating off the silhouette," he said. After kicking the shark, later identified as a great white ...

said the lights caused a "complex interaction" with the shark's behavior. "It's like an invisibility cloak but with the exception that we are splitting the object, the visual silhouette ...

Factors like silhouette shape and motion further influence a shark's decision to attack. Human swimmers and surfers ...

The video, which was captured by a beachgoer in Dongara, Western Australia, shows the ominous silhouette of the shark cutting through the water just a few metres away from the unsuspecting swimmers.

In related studies, researchers have found that Great Whites are likely completely color blind with poor visual acuity, compensated by their strong ability to detect a silhouette. But the shark's ...

There were 69 unprovoked shark bites in 2023 ... The researchers said: "Our results reveal the importance of a dark silhouette against a lighter background in predatory behaviour in great white ...

This article was originally published on March 28, 2023. When a surfer paddles out to catch a wave, their silhouette creates an image of a shark swimming below. Against a bright sky in the water, a ...

I could kind of see his silhouette," he said, adding, "It was a beast. It was a big one." Shark attacks are not uncommon in the Sunshine State. In 2023, Florida reported 16 shark bites—44 ...