BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. — In a sure sign that summer is near, a massive shark was spotted in the water off New England on Monday.

Video of a huge shark swimming around Rhode Island's Block Island on Memorial Day is going viral. The video taken by Jen Seebeck and posted on the Atlantic Shark Institute's social media pages has ...

A basking shark, which is a filter feeder, stopped by Block Island's Great Salt Pond, and became a social media star.