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 ...

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 ...

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.

Shark fin soup is a popular (and pricey ... Appendix II trade protections have previously been achieved for a number of shark and ray species, including basking and whale sharks in 2003; great white ...

The basking shark, which the center said is the second ... the shark seen near Wildwood had distinct notches on its dorsal fin, which didn't match the shark seen in Cape May.

The basking shark is a migratory fish ... comes from its habit of swimming very close to the surface with its dorsal fin out of the water - to "bask" means to laze in the sun.

Size Fin whales are the second largest mammal in ... 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 ...