Despite its ferocious appearance, the basking shark is a type of filter-feeding shark and mainly feeds on plankton. It swims with its mouth open and catches whatever goes through it. When water ...

A basking shark close to the surface with its mouth open in feeding behaviour NatureScot, formerly Scottish Natural Heritage, worked on the project with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ...

Its gaping mouth has six rows of teeth in its upper jaw, and nine rows below, for a total of about 1,500 tiny, hooked teeth. The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly ...

A wildlife ranger had a close encounter with a young basking shark in the St Kilda archipelago ... occasionally closing its mouth to swallow microscopic zooplankton sifted out through the water ...

Paddleboarders spotted a huge ’10 metre’ shark cruising just metres off the British coastline. Carla Smith, 20, spotted the basking shark around 35 metres off Lendalfoot Beach, in Girvan ...