Even though it's the heart of winter, sharks are still in our frigid waters. One of those sharks unfortunately washed up dead ...

Marine researchers are investigating the death of a basking shark that washed up recently in Wellfleet. Here's what we know.

The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless.

The basking shark is a migratory fish ... Even as it hunts, it moves in a sluggish manner, dragging its flat body along the seabed, like a carpet. Affectionately known as the "couch potato ...

The body of a giant basking shark which washed up on Scottish beach has been removed by a forklift. The 24ft-fish was spotted “floundering” in waters close to Maidens village on the Ayrshire ...

The basking shark, for instance ... Their brain goes into a sort of sleep mode and their body keeps chugging along. Other sharks, like Caribbean reef sharks and lemon sharks will lay about ...

A basking shark has been spotted in a UK marina. The second largest fish in the world was photographed at Torquay, in Devon. RNLI volunteers that saw the shark on Wednesday, estimated it was ...

The sighting of a basking shark in Cornwall this week has been dubbed "exciting" by a wildlife trust. It comes after a video emerged on social media of the animal in St Ives harbour. Abby Crosby ...

One of those sharks unfortunately washed up dead on a Cape beach earlier this week, as researchers responded to Wellfleet Harbor and took samples from the massive 6,000-pound basking shark.

Perceval Wright's interesting article on the basking shark, Selache maxima (NATURE, vol. xiv. p. 313), which I read with much pleasure, and on which I would beg to offer a few observations ...

One of those sharks unfortunately washed up dead on a Cape beach earlier this week, as researchers responded to Wellfleet Harbor and took samples from the massive 6,000-pound basking shark.

They use more than 5,000 gill rakers to strain 25 kg of plankton from around 1.5 million litres of water per hour which is around the size of a swimming pool Basking sharks are found across the globe.