From great white sharks to the fastest shark in the world, here's some of the sharks you might encounter in Rhode Island.

Third Beach in Middletown, Rhode Island was temporarily closed to swimmers on Wednesday due to a possible shark sighting. An ...

Lifeguards cleared the water at Third Beach in Middletown following an unconfirmed shark sighting Wednesday afternoon.

Here are four creatures that might bite, pinch, or sting in the water in and around Rhode Island. Clinging jellyfish are dime-sized creatures that have sticky pads on their tentacles that allow them ...

It's officially Shark Week, so it's only fitting that a great white was spotted on the East Coast. That being said, it wasn't ...

Marine biologists with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) spotted an ocean sunfish, also known as ...

A “very large” shark was seen swimming in the Great Salt Pond in Rhode Island on May 26, according to the Atlantic Shark Institute. Screengrab via the Atlantic Shark Institute ...

The state's coast is the perfect setting for many extreme summer sports, including scuba diving and parasailing.

A woman dining near Rhode Island’s Great Salt Pond spotted the fins of a “very large” shark in the water and started filming, capturing the marine creature swimming by boaters, her video ...