On Big Tancook Island, researchers are starting to fill in the gaps on white sharks

Muzammil Hussain July 18, 2026

The interior of a research station. Exposed wood can be seen along with a white board with an illustration of a fish on it.

At a new field station on an island off Nova Scotia’s South Shore, researchers are using an array of tracking technologies to monitor white shark movement and learn more about them.

At a new field station on an island off Nova Scotia’s South Shore, researchers are using an array of tracking technologies to monitor white shark movement and learn more about them. The interior of a research station. Exposed wood can be seen along with a white board with an illustration of a fish on it.

At a new field station on an island off Nova Scotia’s South Shore, researchers are using an array of tracking technologies to monitor white shark movement and learn more about them.