hooked teeth. 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 ...

Filter-feeding sharks include whale sharks, megamouth sharks and basking sharks. These species have teeth, but they are largely vestigial - meaning they once served a purpose but over time the animal ...

New research suggests that the prehistoric megalodon, the biggest shark known to have existed, was even larger than we ...

That's way bigger than the basking shark, the biggest fish in the UK ... How big are the megalodon's teeth? Watch the video above to see how big the megalodon's tooth compares to that of ...

The basking shark, sometimes known as a 'Toothless Bruce' because of it lack of teeth, measured 24ft in length when it ...

Sharks belong to a group of creatures known as cartilaginous fishes, because most of their skeleton is made from cartilage rather than bone. The only part of their skeleton not made from this soft, ...

Basking sharks are the world’s second biggest shark ... in Irish waters following a petition by children. Instead of sharp teeth to feast on marine life, the gentle giants instead use their ...