Two shark sightings have caused officials to issue a warning covering part of an island in southern Maine. The Harpswell Marine Resources & Harbor Management said in a July 16 Facebook post that the ...

Maine-based National Geographic Explorer Brian Skerry snapped underwater photos of a great white shark just four feet from him off the coast of Harpswell.

HARPSWELL, Maine — The town of Harpswell raised shark notification flags at Cedar Beach on Wednesday, after two documented sightings of great white sharks were reported east of Bailey Island, ...

Cory Hawkes, who had fished those waters his whole life without seeing a great white shark, was moving from offshore to ...

MAINE, USA — Coastal communities in southern Maine are warning beachgoers to stay alert after a rise in jellyfish sightings, including the presence of large lion’s mane jellyfish and moon jellies ...

Animals First real-time shark warning buoy deployed off Maine's coast The buoy was placed within eyesight of the Old Orchard Beach pier, with a second planned to deploy near Popham Beach.

A closure includes the ability to keep people out of the water or close the beach to usage, Sims added. Beaches are not closed as a result of a single surpassing of Maine's safety threshold.

A Maine woman learned the hard way that quicksand doesn’t just happen in Hollywood movies. Jamie Acord was walking at the water’s edge at Popham Beach State Park over the weekend when she sank ...

PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman enjoying a walk on a popular beach learned that quicksand doesn’t just happen in Hollywood movies in jungles or rainforests.

A Maine woman learned the hard way that quicksand doesn’t just happen in jungles or rainforests in Hollywood movies.