The Basking Shark is the second largest fish in the world but is incredibly docile and generally harmless to humans. Recent studies suggest that Ireland could be home to up to 20 percent of the ...

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

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.

2024 was an "exceptionally quiet year" for shark bites around the world, with far fewer than usual, according to a new report released Tuesday by the International Shark Attack File. Worldwide ...

Shark attacks — particularly deadly ones — dropped substantially last year around the world, a new report shows. The latest iteration of the International Shark Attack File, a database run by ...

A 26-foot basking shark washed up on Mayo Beach in Wellfleet on Feb. 5. The shark showed no obvious signs of trauma, and tissue samples are being analyzed. Experts believe the shark may have ...

Two Americans were injured, one seriously, in a suspected shark attack in the Bahamas, police said. The two female tourists were swimming in Bimini Bay on Friday around 6:30 p.m. when the incident ...

The United States experienced the highest number of unprovoked attacks by sharks, with 28 reported incidents, including one fatal attack by an unknown shark species off the northwest coast of Oahu ...

Two American women are recovering after they say they were attacked by a shark while swimming in The Bahamas. The reported attack occurred on Friday around 6:30 p.m. in the waters of Bimini Bay ...

A teenage girl has died after she was bit by a shark in northeastern Australia on Monday, according to local authorities. Paramedics responded to reports of a "serious shark bite incident" at ...