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 ...

E. Perceval Wright's interesting article on the basking shark, Selache maxima (NATURE, vol. xiv. p. 313), which I read with much pleasure, and on which I would beg to offer a few observations ...

It has a huge mouth that can span more than one metre wide. Despite its ferocious appearance, the basking shark ... is a bottom-dwelling shark and usually stays close to the ocean floor.

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

The body of a giant basking shark which washed up on Scottish beach has been removed by a forklift. The 24ft-fish was spotted “floundering” in waters close ... in its mouth and caught around ...

The sighting of a basking shark in Cornwall this week has been dubbed "exciting" by a wildlife trust. It comes after a video emerged on social media of the animal in St Ives harbour. Abby Crosby ...