5. Go ahead and mako my day. 6. Jaw ready for this? 7. The hammerhead shark always nails it. 8. It’s your birthday – mako wish! 9. You’re basking a lot of questions.

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 uptick in basking shark sightings near the coast could be due to “plentiful food and favorable water conditions,” Laurino said. She noted that the sharks were traveling in “cooler waters ...

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 ...

“This basking shark may look like it’s smiling but sadly, it is not,” shark researcher John Chisholm wrote. “This poor individual stranded on a beach along Cape Cod Bay.

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.

Basking shark sighting in Rhode Island. Unlike the titular creature in "Jaws," this shark is no bloodthirsty great white.Atlantic Shark Institute executive director Jon Dodd says this is a basking ...

Footage of the shark being struck by the boat can be viewed in the video player above. Scientists with Oregon State University tracking sharks in the Atlantic Ocean say they have the first-ever vid… ...

The Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center documented a rare sighting of a basking shark off the coast of Wildwood on July 26. Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center. By .