Marine Life

Tiger Shark New Jersey

Anglers catch tiger shark off Manasquan beach — a rarity at the Jersey Shore

Great white shark tracked off Jersey Shore is among largest known males

Great White Shark NJ

Please Touch Museum exhibit inspired by classic Jules Verne story will take kids under the sea

Please Touch Museum

Blue whale spotted off Cape May coast – a rare sighting of the world's largest animal

Blue Whale NJ

Rare beaked whale found dead on Jersey Shore beach

Beaked Whale NJ

Bottlenose dolphin dies during rescue attempt in Cape May County creek

Dolphin Cape May

Check out photos of Adventure Aquarium's newest little blue penguin chicks

Little blue penguins Adventure Aquarium

Seal pup found in Ocean City dies less than two weeks after rescue

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Meet Phantom, Adventure Aquarium's new giant Pacific octopus

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Jersey Shore's harbor seals to be tagged for first time through nearly $700,000 state grant

NJ harbor seals

A 522-pound great white shark swam by Ocean City over Memorial Day weekend

Ocean City Shark OCEARCH

Eight dolphins dead after washing up on Sea Isle City beaches

Sea Isle Dolphins

Little blue penguin chick born at Adventure Aquarium in Camden

Adventure Aquarium baby penguin

Marine experts offer explanations why humpback whales are dying at the Jersey Shore

humpback whale jersey

'Unusual' whale deaths have been occurring at shore since 2016 – years before work began on N.J.'s wind farms

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Protestors claim N.J. wind farm project is killing whales, but a marine scientist says that's 'unlikely'

dead whale new jersey

Photo shows giant ray approaching surfer off the coast of Wildwood

Wildwood Ray Surfer Photo

Coast Guard rescues trapped sea turtle from encircling sharks off Cape May

Sea Turtle Cape May

Young minke whale dies after getting trapped in Jersey Shore marina

Sandy Hook Bay Marine

Baby seals are washing up at Jersey Shore, prompting action from marine vets

Seal Marine Jersey Shore

Frozen sea turtles washing up on Jersey Shore may not be dead

Frozen turtle

Great white shark spotted off Atlantic City coast could be scouting location to give birth, experts say

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Cape May ferry filmed sinking off coast to expand artificial reef

MV Twin Capes Cape May

PETA to bring giant 'crying orca' to AAA to protest its support of SeaWorld

3 bottlenose dolphins found dead along Jersey Shore beach

Bottlenose dolphin Sea Bright

Jersey Shore gets another great white shark to track along the coast

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Can you get attacked by 'sea lice' at the Jersey Shore?

Carroll - 2018 New Jersey Shore Guide

Report: Venomous jellyfish finds its way again to the Jersey Shore

Jellyfish

They're baaaack: Clinging jellyfish return to New Jersey coastline

Clinging jellyfish

Dead 25-ton baby humpback whale found on remote sandbar at Jersey Shore

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Report: Humans likely caused death of beached whale at Jersey Shore

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Tiny clinging — and stinging — organism invades Jersey coast

Clinging jellyfish

Fishing crew spots juvenile great white shark at Jersey Shore

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Animal Activists

Dolphin dies after tourists pluck it from water for selfies

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Three beluga whales spotted in rivers at Jersey Shore

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