A basking shark feeds off the coast of Scotland. (Getty) About the size of a small school bus, the basking shark is the second largest fish in the ocean and is found in temperate and tropical waters ...

In lieu of shark week I thought it would be prudent to give everyone some useful information. So, about a week ago I heard from several people that a basking shark was sighted off Hampton Beach. In ...

Researchers have discovered where basking sharks -- the world's second largest fish -- hide out for half of every year. The discovery revises scientists' understanding of the iconic species and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Basking sharks, the second-largest fish on the planet, were once plentiful along the Pacific ...

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The basking shark's scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, approximately translates to "big-nosed marine monster." Greg Skomal / NOAA Fisheries Service On January 4, fishermen in Bremen, Maine, alerted ...

Scientists have shown that the Titanichthys -- a giant armored fish that lived in the seas and oceans of the late Devonian period 380-million-years ago -- fed in a similar manner to modern day basking ...

It’s hoped that greater understanding of the courtship ritual of sharks will lead to stronger protections for the historically hunted big fish. A circle of sharks might sound like the last place you’d ...

After half a century of searching, scientists have finally discovered what happens to the world's second largest shark every winter: It has a Caribbean hideout. Basking sharks, which can grow up to 33 ...

It was an aquatic case of serendipity. Nearly three years after a female basking shark was tagged with a satellite transmitter at Malin Head, the northernmost point of Ireland, she happened to be ...