Video of a huge shark swimming around Rhode Island's Block Island on Memorial Day is going viral. The video taken by Jen ...

Not all sharks are carnivorous predators. Basking sharks only eat plankton, which they obtain by opening their enormous mouths and letting the ocean water flow through their gills, filtering out ...

New England had a rather large and gentle visitor over Memorial Day weekend. According to NBC News, a huge 20-foot ...

While they can grow to the size of a double-decker bus, basking sharks eat tiny plankton, not people. As they move through the water, they open their cavernous mouth wide, allowing around two ...

Additionally, instead of feasting on beachgoers, basking sharks eat plankton and smaller fish, according to the New England Aquarium. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the news you ...

An unusually large visitor spent its Memorial Day in New England this year. Just in time for the 50th anniversary of “Jaws,” a massive basking shark was spotted off the coast of Block Island in Rhode ...

A large shark was sighted in Block Island's Great Salt Pond over Memorial Day weekend. The Atlantic Shark Institute received multiple calls and posted a video of the shark. The shark was seen swimming ...

Jaws” may have been filmed on the East Coast in Martha’s Vineyard, but real sharks have an incredible range. Sharks are found ...

"Clearly a very large shark and reminiscent of a scene from Jaws on this 50th anniversary of the film," the post on Atlantic Shark reads. "Sharks are arriving in Rhode Island d ...

Basking sharks can grow to 40 to 50 feet long and weigh up to 10,000 pounds, Dodd said in an interview. Filter feeders, they eat plankton and are normally found in the open ocean, Dodd said.