Even though it's the heart of winter, sharks are still in our frigid waters. One of those sharks unfortunately washed up dead ...

Tiger sharks are typically thought to inhabit in the Caribbean seas and Pacific islands, but they are clearly lurking off the ...

The basking shark is first on the list, with a danger rating of 2/10. The Wildlife Trust describes this gentle giant as "This gentle giant is the largest shark in UK seas, reaching up to 12m in ...

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 ... to the UK on a seasonal ...

A basking shark has been spotted in a UK marina. The second largest fish in the world was photographed at Torquay, in Devon. RNLI volunteers that saw the shark on Wednesday, estimated it was ...

If you thought it was completely safe to swim in English seas, you may be wrong, and could encounter a seriously ‘dangerous' shark.

She said: "Basking sharks are the second largest shark in the world and incredibly, we have them in our UK waters, which many people don't even realise." Ms Crosby said Cornwall had been "very ...

That's way bigger than the basking shark, the biggest fish in the UK. It's bigger than the biggest whale shark, which is the largest fish found on our planet today. In fact, it's closer in ...

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.

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.