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Coverage dated August 23, 2025

Great white sharks head north, following seals and alarming beachgoers

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins off the Maine coast before spotting one of the ocean

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Great white sharks head north, following seals and alarming beachgoers (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins off the Maine coast before spotting one of the ocean

  2. Bangor Daily News

    Great white sharks head north into Maine, following seals and alarming beachgoers (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Sightings of the apex predators are up in places like Maine, where they were once very rarely spotted, likely because of available prey.

  3. Boston

    Great white sharks are going north. Here's what the numbers say (opens Boston)

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    Sightings of the sharks are up in places like Maine, where they were once very rarely spotted.

  4. The Boston Globe

    White sharks are being seen more often in Maine as they head north (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Scientists link expanded shark sightings in some New England waters to increased availability of the seals that the sharks hunt.

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