Arts & Culture
The black-tipped reef shark is just one of the new species featured at the aquarium’s new exhibit (Via NY Aquarium)CONEY ISLAND – The sharks are almost here, and just in time for summer… The long-awaited Ocean Wonders: Sharks exhibit at the New York Aquarium opens this Saturday! The state
Animals
A shark sighting near the Steeplechase Pier [/coney-island-beach-closed-shark-sighting/]in Coney Island on Tuesday has prompted local animal rights activists to send a clear warning to fishers: leave fish alone. PETA [http://www.peta.org/] will fly a banner along the Coney Island coast on Saturday between noon and 1pm, when
Animals
Photo by Michael GoldsteinBeachgoers were shooed out of the water Tuesday morning after shark fins were spotted slicing through the surf at one of the beaches in Coney Island, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/coney-island-shark-sighting-beach-closure-article-1.2717210] . The Parks Department told the newspaper they closed the
Animals
Photo by Michael GoldsteinBeachgoers were shooed out of the water Tuesday morning after shark fins were spotted slicing through the surf at one of the beaches in Coney Island, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/coney-island-shark-sighting-beach-closure-article-1.2717210] . The Parks Department told the newspaper they closed the
Business
A thresher shark caught during Stella Maris’ annual shark fishing tournament. (Photo by Vladimir Korostyshevskiy)Intrepid anglers hauled more than a dozen toothy trophies into Sheepshead Bay this Saturday during Stella Maris’ [http://www.stellamarisbaitshop.com/] annual shark fishing tournament. The boats, which included a mix of chartered and private
coney island aquarium
A Sandbar shark (Source: Wikimedia Commons [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbar_shark#/media/File:Carcharhinus_plumbeus_georgia.jpg] )A Sandbar shark that was on its way from Florida to a new home at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island was killed in a truck accident on Thursday. The
Applebee's
A Blacktip Shark (Source: Wikipedia)I have a simple rule in life. Never trust anything named Zane, whether they be Blacktip sharks or corporate executives. Those who have scoffed at my simple life rule were proved to be fools recently as “Zane the Shark” recently went on a killing spree
bay shark jumpers
(Photo courtesy of Ruby Washington/The New York Times) Sheepshead Bay High School’s Double Dutch team, the Bay Shark Jumpers, was in the news this weekend. The subject of the feature article [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/nyregion/thecity/15dutc.html] and photo slideshow in The City