Sometimes during whale-watching expeditions, another type of creature grabs the spotlight merely by showing up. The accompanying footage shows a massive basking shark alongside a Cape Cod ...

Marine researchers are investigating the recent death of a basking shark that washed up on Mayo Beach in Wellfleet, in the same general area where another basking shark washed up eight years ago.

A massive shark washed up on a Cape Cod beach this week, as researchers try to figure out what led to the shark getting stranded. It has already been a very busy year for basking sharks in Cape Cod ...

An unusually large visitor spent its Memorial Day in New England this year. Just in time for the 50th anniversary of "Jaws," a massive basking shark was spotted off the coast of Block Island in Rhode ...

A 24-foot shark washed up on a United Kingdom beach over the weekend and a forklift was needed to haul the massive beast off the shore, wild photos show. The carcass of a basking shark — the ...

A massive shark washed up on a Cape Cod beach this week, as researchers try to figure out what led to the shark getting stranded. It has already been a very busy year for basking sharks in Cape Cod ...

A woman spotted a 20-foot shark swimming in Great Salt Pond off of Block Island in Rhode Island on Monday, May 26 The Atlantic Shark Institute executive director, Jon Dodd, said the shark was likely a ...

A 7-meter basking shark feeding near the surface after it was tagged by researchers. NEWPORT, Ore. – Hours after tagging an endangered basking shark off the coast of Ireland in April, researchers ...

Imagine seeing almost 1,400 sharks gathered together in one area. That is a lot of sharks. So scientists wondered why they would all be bunched up in the same place. Turns out, it may have been a ...