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 common thresher, which may be aggressive if provoked but is only a minor threat to humans, was initially found by ...

The common thresher, which could be aggressive if provoked but is only a small threat to humans, was first found by ...

Ireland’s population of basking sharks is on the rise this year. This positive news comes amid concerns that the globally threatened species is nearing extinction. Since 2022, the species has ...

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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 ...

Scientists have captured basking sharks in the Inner Hebrides using the UK's first autonomous "SharkCam". Owned by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the underwater robot captures ...

Scottish sightings of basking sharks have fallen to their lowest level in 20 years, say conservationists. The sharks - the world's second largest species of fish after whale sharks - gather off ...

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 ...

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.

A tourism operator in Hare Bay takes people shark fishing, but also gathers information on these apex predators for researchers at Fisheries and Oceans Canada.