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 ...

Marine researchers are investigating the death of a basking shark that washed up recently in Wellfleet. Here's what we know.

The basking shark is a migratory fish ... shrimps, and squid. Its teeth grow like a dental conveyor belt - new rows of teeth pop out towards the back and push the older ones forward until they ...

Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...

Small organisms such as plankton get stuck in their gill rakers and the shark then consumes the food. Filter-feeding sharks include whale sharks, megamouth sharks and basking sharks. These species ...

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.

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

AN INCREDIBLE nine million year old ancestor of the great white shark has been discovered in Peru. The 23ft long beast had huge flesh-tearing teeth that ripped through its prey and could grow up ...

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 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 ...

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.