Scientists from Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, who took to the waters off East Boston, Massachusettssets, to tag some basking sharks, are the lucky group that spotted this scene ...

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.

A whale-watching tour off Southern California got a close-up look at a passing basking shark, which are rarely seen in warmer waters, a video shows. A Davey’s Locker Whale Watching boat spotted ...

Exquisitely preserved fossils of a shark that thrived during the Cretaceous period appear to solve a long-standing mystery ...

Very little is known about basking sharks but that’s about to change, thanks to a pioneering team of scientists and some underwater cameras. The waters south of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides are ...

Mr Brace, from Pembrokeshire, believes the animal was a basking shark of about 12ft (3.6m). They can grow more than 33ft (10m). "They are normally in deeper water, so if it was a basking shark ...