Researchers spotted a baby great white for the first time ever, and it could help solve one of shark science's biggest mysteries

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A newborn white shark swims in green water
For what may be the first time, footage shows a baby white shark swimming off the coast of California.

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Living Newborn Great White Shark Seen for the First Time Ever

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Footage taken off the coast of Santa Barbara has captured something new to science: a living newborn great white shark. The shark’s discovery could help researchers finally learn where white sharks—one of the ocean’s top predators—birth their young.

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Traditional shark nets are known as 'walls of death.' A new eco-friendly barrier uses magnetic fields to deter sharks instead of trap them.

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Black pipes attached to cement blocks underwater
The SharkSafe Barrier uses pipes and magnets to create a physical and magnetic barrier for sharks.

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A pregnant megamouth shark found on a Philippines beach was the first ever seen — and it solved a long-standing mystery

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A stock image of a megamouth shark caught in fishing nets in the central Philippines.

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A shark pup that can 'walk' and was asexually conceived was just born at a Chicago-area zoo

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An epaulette shark in the wild
An epaulette shark in the wild

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The 9 locations around the world where sharks attack most, from Florida to Western Australia

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Great white shark.

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A group of bull sharks lived in a golf course pond for 17 years. Scientists say they could be in other ponds in Australia

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The bull sharks found in Carbrook Country Club lived for over half a bull sharks expected life span.

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Why this small Florida county became the 'shark bite capital of the world'

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New Smyrna Beach and a Tiger shark
New Smyrna Beach, Florida and a Tiger shark.

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Here are the most common ways sharks attack and how to survive — and avoid — them

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A Great White Shark surfaces from the water near a person’s outstretched hand.
A Great White Shark surfaces from the water near a person’s outstretched hand.

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What happens to sharks, dolphins, alligators, and other marine life during a hurricane? Experts explain why the storm's aftermath is often more deadly

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A blacktip shark swims near a school of fish in the Indian Ocean near South Africa
Researchers studied how blacktip sharks travel when tropical storms and hurricanes approach.

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