During the 20th century, basking sharks were widely fished for their liver oil—used in lamps, cosmetics, perfumes, and lubricants—as well as their meat, skin, and large fins. It’s believed ...

The basking shark is a migratory fish ... It refers to the whisker-like barbels around its nose, and flaps of skin that looks like tiny fins around its mouth and eyes, and on the side of its ...

Basking sharks are also endangered ... boats to prevent barnacle buildup — that marred the animal’s speckled skin.

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.

Very little is known about basking sharks but that’s about to change, thanks to a pioneering team of scientists and some underwater cameras. The waters south of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides are ...

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 ...

The basking shark is now protected under the Wildlife Act in Ireland From Monday, it is an offence to hunt or injure a basking shark (without permission or licence), wilfully interfere with or ...

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.