Lee Tolliver

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1,600-pound Great White Shark Surfaces off Virginia Beach

Another great white shark tagged for research purposes has surfaced off the coast of Virginia Beach. Miss Costa sent a satellite ping to Ocearch.org around...

Tsunami warning for Hampton Roads was only a test

A U.S. Tsunami Warning System monthly test was apparently mistaken for a real alert by at least one prominent weather website and several local...

Massive 3,400-Pound Great White Shark Passes Mouth of Chesapeake Bay

The world's biggest celebrity shark is heading home. Mary Lee, a huge great white shark tagged by Ocearch.org five years ago off Cape Cod, passed...

There’s a Shark Party in the Atlantic Ocean, According to Satellites

There's a shark party going on just off the southeast coast. And that's just the toothy critters we know about. Eleven sharks tagged by Ocearch.org...

The Perfect Storm Behind the String of Dead Whales Washing Up in Virginia

They were gruesome sights. Whales lifeless and bloated on the beach, two of them with giant gashes along their bodies, entrails spilled out onto the...

Here’s How Virginia Scientists Perform Autopsies on Whales

Alex Costidis ran a razor-sharp knife through the thick blubber Friday morning, exposing some of the whale’s organs. Somehow, the smell didn’t seem to bother...