They look like picture-postcard escapes - turquoise waters, palm-fringed beaches, and the promise of sun-soaked relaxation ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health released data on tick exposure and tick-borne disease visitsand numbers have gone up.

A bipartisan bill to create an AMBER Alert-style shark warning system that alerts beachgoers of nearby predators is one step ...

A new documentary reveals some of the Jewish influences on a monumental film that doesn't seem Jewish on the surface.

Now, the U.S. Senate is taking action passing “Lulu’s Law,” named after an Alabama teenager bitten by a shark last year. The ...

Two paddleboarders outside the swim area of Marine Biological Laboratory' s Stony Beach in Woods Hole saw a shark up close on July 4. According to an advisory Falmouth Town Manager Mike Renshaw ...

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

A new shark alert system would empower authorities to quickly deploy warnings through mobile phone alert messages after a ...

Stunning new video showed a great white shark just feet from a paddleboarder off a Massachusetts beach. It’s just the latest shark encounter caught on tape across the U.S. this summer. NBC News’ Sam ...

If there is a suspected shark sighting, visitors will be asked to vacate the swimming area until the sighting is confirmed or ...

Fifty years after the release of “Jaws,” filmed across from Woods Hole on Martha’s Vineyard, a great white shark was seen for ...

Two college students who were paddleboarding off the coast of Cape Cod photographed a surprising close encounter with a great ...