Fossil records indicate that the ancestors of the basking shark lived 35 million years ago, while the megalodon shark lived 23 to 3.6 million years ago. However, despite both evolving several million ...

These giant, slow-moving creatures prefer the temperate waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Geologic landscape with a basking shark swimming in the sea foreground Despite their intimidating ...

Despite their enormous size, they pose no threat to humans. What makes them look intimidating and scary are their enormous mouths that take in huge amounts of plankton and fish. Image of a basking ...

It seems shark season has officially arrived in the UK. The North Wales coast - particularly Anglesey - is one of the locations where you might spot a basking shark, the second largest fish in the ...

The Basking Shark is the North Atlantic's largest species of fish, the second largest in the world, second only to the Whale Shark. They can grow to 12 metres in length, can weigh up to six tonnes ...

Despite their huge size and intimidating wide mouth, basking sharks are not aggressive towards humans and mostly feed off plankton. The incident comes after another terrifying shark catch in North ...