Basking sharks are also the biggest sharks that can breach, propelling their huge bodies out of the water, sometimes up to four times in a row. Breaching is still not totally understood ...

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 ...

Approximately 99.9% of fish and shark species are “cold-blooded ... in – but researchers have just discovered the mighty basking shark is a one-in-a-thousand exception.

Scottish sightings of basking sharks have fallen to their lowest level in 20 years, say conservationists. The sharks - the world's second largest species of fish after whale sharks - gather off ...

Note: The basking shark and great white shark shown here are represented at a scale of 25.5 feet and 13.5 feet, respectively; Infographic: Maura Losch/Axios Not every fin moving slowly in dark ...

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 ...