Cape Cod

After two dolphins became stranded in waters off Cape Cod Monday, rescuers took part in the fifth and sixth releases in about four days. The International Fund for Animal Welfare said the dolphins were in just one to two feet of water at Point of Rocks in Brewster, Massachusetts, when they were found Monday morning. A person on the beach…

We are just days away from the 50th running of the iconic Falmouth Road Race. Cape Cod native Nicole Spencer has experienced the race from a variety of positions. Spencer shares why the race is so special to the community and what she is looking forward to this weekend.

A sewer emergency is in place in Provincetown, Massachusetts, requiring many of the popular tourist location’s restaurants to close. Some residents were asked to refrain from flushing their toilets or showering except when necessary, and public restrooms were being replaced with port-a-potties. Any food or restaurant business that is using its vacuum sewer system must immediately close, the town...

White sharks were busy off the Massachusetts coast on Saturday morning, closing beaches in Nantucket and gathering off Cape Cod. Swimmers were ordered out of the water at Ladies, Miacomet and Cisco beaches on Nantucket for two hours after a shark was spotted, the island’s harbormaster said. The Sharktivity app, which tracks the fish, didn’t immediately note a sighting...

More than 15 confirmed shark sightings have been reported off the coast of Cape Cod this weekend. The majority of the 13 sightings on Saturday that were confirmed by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy were along the Outer Cape near North Beach Island and Monomoy Island in Chatham. In addition, one shark was spotted off the coast of Provincetown. Three…

Shark season on Cape Cod appears to be heating up, as six great white sharks were spotted off the coast on Friday morning and 20 have been spotted over the past two days alone. The first sighting on Friday was reported at 9:17 a.m. off North Beach Island, followed by subsequent sightings at 9:28 a.m. just outside the north inlet…

More sea turtles that washed ashore on Cape Cod months ago have been released back into the ocean after being rehabilitated by the New England Aquarium. The seven Kemp’s ridley sea turtles were released back into waters off Cape Cod early Thursday morning after a lengthy recovery process, the aquarium said in a release. The Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay...

A motorboat caught fire off the coast of Cape Cod Wednesday and sank, forcing the people on board to swim to shore, officials said. The fire sent a plume of smoke high over Corporation Beach in Dennis, Massachusetts, about 7 p.m. and fully engulfed the boat in flames, according to the Cape and Islands Harbormaster Association. The 38-foot vessel sank…

Join Cory Smith for a chat with author Casey Sherman about his newest book, “Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod.” The book launches today and tells the story, almost lost to history, of the grisly serial murders in Provincetown in 1969 and the mission of the famous writers Norman Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut to share it.

True crime author Casey Sherman discusses his latest book about the lost story of murderer Tony Costa and the four women he brutally slayed in Provincetown.

A teenager on Cape Cod is recovering after she said she was attacked by a dog in her own backyard. Now, she and her family say they are desperate to identify the dog before it attacks again. Genevieve Cote said it happened Thursday morning in her backyard on Lakeshore Drive in Sandwich, Massachusetts. She said she only came outside to…

A teenager fought off a dog that attacked her in Sandwich, and she says she’s worried the animal could hurt someone else.

A bird was rescued after one of its wings got entangled in a fishing line on Cape Cod over the long weekend, animal control officers said Tuesday, sharing video of the trapped animal. A man noticed night heron stuck in a tree while he was out for a walk and he immediately reported it, Harwich Animal Control said in a…

With summertime in full swing on Cape Cod, there’s growing concern about the spread of monkeypox. “Biggest concern right now is making people aware that anybody can catch this disease,” said Maurice Melchiono, a public health nurse for the Barnstable County Health Department. Barnstable County is closely watching the spread of monkeypox — or MPV as it’s known. The...

A woman who was celebrating the Fourth of July at a beach on Cape Cod captured quite a scene when she recorded a shark finding its dinner just off the shoreline. Kim Reilly was near the water’s edge on the north side of Nauset Outer Beach in Orleans with her family when a shark began attacking a seal around 8:30…

Kim Reilly captured video on the Fourth of July that shows a shark attacking a seal just off Nauset Beach in Orleans, Massachusetts.

It’s the busiest time of the year in one of the busiest spots on Cape Cod, and amid all the fun in Provincetown, there’s growing worry about the spread of monkeypox and what it could mean for seasonal workers.

A man was flown to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after a boat propeller cut his leg Sunday on Cape Cod. Fire officials say the leg of a 31-year-old man was lacerated after he was struck by the propeller in Barnstable Harbor. The Barnstable Fire Department requested a medical helicopter. The man was taken by ambulance to Beth Israel Hospital…

It’s shark season on Cape Cod, and even the Massachusetts State Police are getting in on the action. A police helicopter went out on shark patrol this week, bringing along New England Aquarium scientist John Chisholm, and they spotted a shark about 50 yards from Provincetown’s Race Point Beach, officials said. The animal was near a group of seals...

A Massachusetts State Police helicopter flew over Race Point Beach on Cape Cod Wednesday to look for sharks and found this one near a group of wary seals.