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 large and monstrous basking shark can grow to more than 10 metres long, making it the second largest fish in the ocean. It has a huge mouth that can span more than one metre wide. Despite its ...

Incredible footage has emerged of a rogue basking shark swimming off the coast of Northumberland. People on a boat tour spotted the enormous fish - which is the second-largest of the species - off ...

The appearance of a basking shark off the Northumberland Coast has been described as a "bit of a mystery". The gargantuan fish was spotted in September by a boat tour close to the Farne Islands.

Chrys Mellor photographed a basking shark swimming off the coast of Flamborough Head, near Bridlington A basking shark, the world's second largest fish, has been spotted off the Yorkshire coast.

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.

It’s not clear whether the massive 23-foot (7-meter) animal, known as a basking shark, ultimately survived the collision. But ...

In a world first, a basking shark is tagged with cameras. Speaking on Landward Dr Lucy Hawkes explained, “Basking sharks are big animals but they can also dive under the water and stay well out ...

A wildlife ranger had a close encounter with a young basking shark in the St Kilda archipelago. The endangered animal, measuring almost 3m (9ft) long, was spotted at Village Bay on the island of ...

It takes a lot of energy for a shark or ray to leap out of the water – especially a massive creature like a basking shark, which can grow up to 40 feet (12 meters) and weigh up to 5 tons (4.5 ...

For the Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center, it's exciting, as twice in two weeks, a basking shark has been spotted off ...

The results are published by Scotland's nature agency, NatureScot. Most of 2023's basking shark sightings were within the Sea of the Hebrides Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area. A similar ...