New research reveals the unusual shape, size and pattern of the dermal denticles that cover basking sharks—thought to be ...

Frank Viscuso, a retired firefighter from Toms River, was in the right place at the right time to video a large basking shark ...

Moving at a speed of around two miles per hour, basking sharks can filter around 2,000 tons of seawater an hour. Unlike the two other filter-feeding sharks— whale sharks, the biggest fish on Earth, ...

They’re gonna need a bigger boat. A wildlife biologist recently went diving for massive sharks off the South Shore, and his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week at the Oceanarium, several people asked about a strange animal they saw off of Hampton Beach. They weren’t sure if it ...

A massive shark has washed up on a Scottish beach in heartbreaking photos. Peter MacDonald, a retiree and wildlife photographer, spotted the 12ft basking shark at Moray Beach in Portgordon, Scotland.

It’s what sharks dream of: A massive easy meal. Lucky sharks were recently spotted chowing down on a basking shark’s liver off the North Shore, according to a local whale watch. The 7 Seas Whale Watch ...

The second largest shark species in the world is being spotted close to the Bay State coast, according to shark researchers. Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of ...

This week at the Oceanarium, several people asked about a strange animal they saw off of Hampton Beach. They weren’t sure if it was a whale or a shark. After a little discussion, we determined what ...