Basking Shark season tends to be May or October, and there are a few hotspots around the British Isles where you'll most ...

There are two species of seahorse in the British Isles – the short-snouted seahorse and the spiny seahorse. Both species are ...

Scientists have recorded an 'exceptionally rare' wild orca behavior known as 'tongue-nibbling' for the first time. The social ...

Basking sharks are the second-largest fish in the world, behind only Whale Sharks, growing up to 12 metres in length. Just think, that's a shark longer than a double-decker London bus.

Harvey-Clark, C.J., Stobo W.T., Helle, E. and Mattson, M. (1999) Putative Mating Behaviour in Basking Sharks off the Nova Scotia Coast. Copeia American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 3, ...

The Gulf of Mexico is a large basin with around 617,800 square miles of water. The area supports diverse marine life, including many species of sharks. There are around 24 different species of ...

Basking sharks are unique among shark species in several ways. For one, they are filter feeders, which means they use their gill rakers to trap small prey, such as plankton and tiny marine organisms.

1. Whale Shark Taking the top spot, whale shark is widely regarded as the world’s biggest fish. This massive fish can grow up to 60 feet in length with an average weight of 19.8 to 23.2 tons. Though ...

The animal was identified as a basking shark, which can grow up to 12m long and weigh up to six tonnes. Footage of the incredible encounter was shared by Aqua Time Marbella, a water sports club ...

Basking sharks are up to 30 feet long, and they filter feed on plankton. The slow-moving sharks — which are often mistaken for great white sharks — have been spotted on some recent whale ...