Marine researchers are investigating the recent death of a basking shark that washed up on Mayo Beach in Wellfleet, in the same general area where another basking shark washed up eight years ago.

Wellfleet reopened its four ocean beaches to swimming Wednesday, several days after a fatal shark attack last weekend. The town said swimmers should "observe the Shark Smart protocol," which includes ...

WELLFLEET, MASS. (WHDH) - New Wi-Fi devices are being installed on Wellfleet beaches to allow beachgoers easier access to emergency services. Town leaders said the Wi-Fi access was prompted by a ...

WELLFLEET (CBS) -- The Massachusetts State Police tweeted Tuesday afternoon that its air wing observed a "large white shark" near swimmers at Newcomb Hollow Beach by the Wellfleet and Truro line. The ...

Four emergency phones were installed this week at beaches on the eastern shore of Wellfleet, the latest precautions taken after last year's deadly shark season. Wellfleet's new phones are housed in ...

WELLFLEET (CBS) -- Swimmers were ordered out of the water at Wellfleet's Marconi Beach Tuesday afternoon after a great white shark was spotted. The sighting happened at about 12:15 p.m. The Cape Cod ...

You won't be able to take the stairs down to Marconi Beach in South Wellfleet until just before Memorial Day. The Cape Cod National Seashore is replacing the beach access staircase, a project slated ...

WELLFLEET — A refuge for resident and tax-paying beach lovers has been carved out, to relieve the stress of the coronavirus threat. The Select Board unanimously voted June 16 to make Maguire Landing, ...

WELLFLEET, MASS. (WHDH) - Two Wellfleet beaches were temporarily closed to swimming on Saturday due to confirmed shark sightings, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said. The first ping for a shark ...

Cape Cod swimmers and surfers could hear more than just lifeguards’ shark-warning whistles in the future. A new shark alarm warning system to alert beachgoers of a nearby apex predator was recently ...

Southern Living has listed Bound Brook Island Beach in Wellfleet as one of the top 20 best secret beaches in the U.S. “Down a sandy back road in a hidden corner of Cape Cod National Seashore in ...

WELLFLEET — A state police bomb squad detonated a World War II ordnance Wednesday at Cahoon Hollow Beach after the fire department was called after 9 a.m. to 45 Pilgrim Spring Road on a request for ...