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Professor Joel Fodrie tells co-host Leoneda Inge about the rich underwater world that sharks inhabit off our shores, and how to reduce the already low chances of a human-shark encounter.

Researchers started collecting data on 12 species of sharks in 1972 in Onslow Bay. A recently published study analyzing this data found all 12 species appeared physically smaller over the years.

The Institute of Marine Sciences is celebrating its 50th year of shark data collection, allowing scientists to learn more about an apex predator that's essential to ocean ecosystems.

Contrary to the image of sharks as lone predators, new research has found evidence that some species are social creatures who return repeatedly to the same fellow sharks, often for years.

Great white sharks are showing up off the Carolina coast as winter approaches.The Charlotte Observer reported Monday that 10 great whites have been鈥�

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Bull sharks and lion fish are among the species becoming more common in North Carolina, while black sea bass and other fish are getting harder to find.鈥�

Drones might one day be able to alert swimmers to the presence of sharks in the waters off North Carolina鈥檚 coasts. But first, researchers need to know鈥�

When Virginia Dare, America鈥檚 original 鈥渁nchor baby,鈥� was born on Roanoke Island in the 1500s, top-level predators were everywhere in the area now known鈥�

The Discovery Channel's Shark Week marathon starts this week. But UNC Communications researchers say the footage showing sharks acting like vicious鈥�