Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world.

The growing popularity of flying drones is showing us amazing aerial views of our oceans and has revealed something rather surprising: lots of sharks swimming right alongside surfers and swimmers.

White shark sightings around Cape Cod increased over the last week, with one named and tagged shark making several appearances, and another gobbling up a striped bass before disappearing beneath the ...