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.

Sharks that fit into this category include the Megamouth Shark, Whale Shark, and Basking Shark. Essentially, they suction ...

It can grow to be more than 10 meters long, the same size as a double decker bus. Diet Basking sharks eat some of the smallest creatures in the ocean. They survive on a diet of plankton ...

The sighting of a basking shark in Cornwall this week has been dubbed "exciting" by a wildlife trust. It comes after a video emerged on social media of the animal in St Ives harbour. Abby Crosby ...

They use more than 5,000 gill rakers to strain 25 kg of plankton from around 1.5 million litres of water per hour which is around the size of a swimming pool Basking sharks are found across the globe.