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 ...

The large and monstrous basking shark can grow to more than 10 metres long, making it the second largest fish in the ocean. It has a huge mouth that can span more than one metre wide. Despite its ...

Among the world's most bizarre foods, there are some that even a goat would refuse to swallow. Hard to find outside their ...

New Brighton resident Stephen Davies discovered the remains of a massive sea creature during his morning jog near the River Mersey at the mouth of ... said it was a basking shark, which I don ...

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 ...

The ranger added : "It was clearly feeding, occasionally closing its mouth to swallow microscopic ... it was a young animal - the second young basking shark to be spotted off St Kilda in the ...

In a world first, a basking shark is tagged with cameras. Speaking on Landward Dr Lucy Hawkes explained, “Basking sharks are big animals but they can also dive under the water and stay well out ...