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The findings challenges the conventional understanding of tiger sharks as purely solitary animals, revealing a predictable seasonal convergence of mature males and females that coincides with the humpback whale calving season in Hawaiʻi.

University of Hawaiʻi researchers have published a new study that brings together ʻike Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian knowledge), ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) and western marine science to shed new light on one of the ocean’s most elusive predators, the cookiecutter shark.

The Maui Nui Marine Resource Council will host its quarterly Know Your Ocean Speaker Series on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, featuring marine biologist, Dr. David Shiffman at noon via Zoom. Sharks are some of the most ecologically important, threatened, and misunderstood animals on Earth. In this webinar, Dr. Shiffman will share his work as a […]

Maui Ocean Center will host Camp Kainani, a new summer day camp for children ages 7 to 14, during four sessions in June and July.

The University of Hawaiʻi set another extramural funding record with $615.7 million in fiscal year 2024. This marks the third consecutive year that UH has topped half a billion dollars in funding with a record-setting total that is a $99.8 million or a 19.3% increase over UH’s previous record of $515.9 million set in FY 2023. Extramural funding is external investments from […]

A 58-year-old Honolulu man is recovering from leg injuries sustained from an apparent shark encounter early Sunday morning at Kewalo Basin on Oʻahu, authorities said.

The evolving relationship between man and shark is the focus of a new animated short film, Manō, which will be presented and discussed during Maui Nui Marine Resource Council’s next Know Your Ocean Speaker Series webinar.

“While we hope the signs engender respect for sharks and their natural and cultural roles in Hawai‘i, they also serve as a reminder of a new law that went into effect on Jan. 1, extending protections to more than 40 species of sharks that frequent State waters,” said DOBOR Administrator Ed Underwood.

Drone operator Thano Genos captured footage of a shark 1500-1800 feet offshore from the beach at Lava Lava Beach Club in Waikōloa on Hawaiʻi Island, about an hour after Saturday’s apparent shark bite incident.

Shark warning signs were posted along the Hamakuapoko coastline on Maui after a large shark was observed in nearshore waters off of Hoʻokipa Beach Park on Wednesday afternoon.

An ocean goer is safe after a 10-12-foot-long Tiger shark deflated the inflatable stand-up paddle board he was on, about 200 yards off shore from 1681 Halama Street on Tuesday morning.

Experts have ruled out a tiger shark as having been involved in Tuesday’s incident at Anaeho‘omalu Bay on Hawai‘i Island, in which a California woman was bitten on her leg.

Marden Ribeiro, 35, of Pūpūkea was observed holding a bucket and chum the water by throwing fish into the ocean, which authorities say attracted several sharks.

Access to the Honolua Bay Marine Life Conservation District on Maui is closed due to a continued presence of sharks in the bay. DLNR and Maui Ocean Safety have confirmed shark sightings since Tuesday afternoon, June 26.

Ocean Safety personnel on Kauaʻi have closed Keoneloa Bay after a 29-year-old visitor was apparently bitten by a shark while body boarding at around 8 a.m.

The ʻĀhihi-Kīnaʻu Natural Area Reserve is officially closed again as of 1:19 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, 2018.  Maui Now has confirmed with state officials that a 10-foot Tiger shark was sighted at 11 a.m. today, and was still seen at 1 p.m. 

Lifeguards at Hoʻokipa Beach along Maui’s North Shore were patrolling the area on Wednesday afternoon following a shark sighting reported near shore.

An underwater photographer aboard the Aliʻi Nui sailing vessel, captured this image of a juvenile male Whale Shark near Molokini Crater on Saturday, April 1.

The study suggests that declining world shark populations may be more precarious than previously thought; but also that restoring populations may be obtainable

The blacktip reef shark pups will reside in the Deep Reef exhibit for about a year before they’re released as juveniles back into the ocean.