Sighting rates for basking shark fell to just 0.07 sightings per 100 km in 2022 and 2023, the lowest recorded by the Trust since its monitoring began.

Sighting rates for basking shark fell to just 0.07 sightings per 100 km in 2022 and 2023, the lowest recorded by the Trust since its monitoring began.

The basking shark is a massive creature, growing up to 40 feet (12 meters) long, and is among the largest fish in the world — second only to the whale shark. Basking sharks are also endangered.

The stranding was the second of a basking shark in Wellfleet during the winter months. In February 2017, a large female shark, about 24 feet in length, washed up in the area of Chequessett Neck Road.

An endangered female basking shark was near the surface of the water off the coast of Ireland in April when the keel of a boat cut across her back. Researchers says it's the first such recording.

The animal was identified as a basking shark, which can grow up to 12m long and weigh up to six tonnes. Footage of the incredible encounter was shared by Aqua Time Marbella, a water sports club ...

IN NATURE, vol. xiv. p. 313, Prof. E. Perceval Wright gives some account of the Basking Shark, with especial reference to the curious pectinated appendages which lie along the branchial arches of ...

Alan and Abby Nash, with their children Skyla, 11, Hunter, nine, and seven-year-old Rocky heard rumours that a basking shark was spotted in the area the day prior.

A customer at a Rhode Island restaurant this week captured an extraordinary scene on video as a giant shark surfaced behind boaters in Great Salt Pond. In the footage, as the shark’s fins slice ...