McInturf emphasized that Ireland — and the United Kingdom — have already taken significant steps to help protect endangered ...

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 ...

Just hours after attaching a tracking device to a rare basking shark off Ireland’s coast in April, scientists recorded what they believe to be the first video ...

MORE Footage captured by local fisherman Michael O’Malley of the visiting basking sharks can be seen on the Achill Tourism ...

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

Sharks have been spotted at dozens of British beaches over the last five years, with a handful launching attacks on swimmers.

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’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless.

Scientists in the US and Canada investigate a brain inflammation affecting great white sharks, linked to nine deaths since ...

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 ...

Note: The National Museum of Ireland – Natural History is undergoing ... They say there's still loads of awesome stuff to see (like the basking shark hanging from the ceiling and ), but note ...

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.