Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

A new study provides many new insights into the biology of the prehistoric gigantic shark megalodon (megatooth shark), which ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, ...

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.

Researchers refined their size estimates of the prehistoric shark by studying the bodily proportions of 165 other shark ...

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 ...

A new study into the mighty Megalodon has found intriguing evidence to answer some of the biggest questions about these ...

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

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.

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.

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