porbeagle
noun
por·bea·gle
ˈpȯr-ˌbē-gəl 
: a viviparous mackerel shark (Lamna nasus) chiefly of the North Atlantic and southwestern Pacific oceans with a pointed snout and crescent-shaped tail
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The New England Aquarium has a team of nine scientists in the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life who study sharks — from porbeagle and nurse sharks to thresher, blue, mako, sandbar, and sand tiger sharks.
More than 15 shark species reside in New England waters depending on the time of year.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
Of 11 porbeagle sharks researchers tagged, eight were pregnant, including this one.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
The fatality of the female porbeagle raises questions about whether this incident represents a wider trend among large predators, said Anderson.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2024
The researchers concluded that a white shark or shortfin mako shark must have munched on their pregnant porbeagle and ingested the tag temporarily.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
The research turned into a scientific murder mystery, and two likely suspects appeared in the waters where the porbeagle disappeared: great white and shortfin mako sharks.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
Scientists had never previously recorded a porbeagle shark getting eaten by another animal.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Anderson and her colleagues came to a harrowing conclusion: the porbeagle had been hunted and eaten by another behemoth of the sea.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2024
The porbeagle, a large and graceful warm-blooded shark, has been observed playfully chasing peers, rolling in the water, and nudging kelp.
—Katherine Rundell, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
Of 11 porbeagle sharks researchers tagged, eight were pregnant, including this one.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
The fatality of the female porbeagle raises questions about whether this incident represents a wider trend among large predators, said Anderson.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2024
The researchers concluded that a white shark or shortfin mako shark must have munched on their pregnant porbeagle and ingested the tag temporarily.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
The research turned into a scientific murder mystery, and two likely suspects appeared in the waters where the porbeagle disappeared: great white and shortfin mako sharks.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
Scientists had never previously recorded a porbeagle shark getting eaten by another animal.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Anderson and her colleagues came to a harrowing conclusion: the porbeagle had been hunted and eaten by another behemoth of the sea.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2024
The porbeagle, a large and graceful warm-blooded shark, has been observed playfully chasing peers, rolling in the water, and nudging kelp.
—Katherine Rundell, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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“Porbeagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porbeagle. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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