There are many different types of sharks, and they come in a range of sizes, from small to absolutely huge. The basking shark, for instance, is typically 26 feet long and weighs up to seven tons.

The basking shark specimen spotted in ... bottom-dwellers. They have a slow and sluggish nature, often preferring to rest on the ocean floor during the day. Although they possess sharp teeth, nurse ...

Their mouths are lined with many tiny, sharp teeth which are not used for tearing or shredding prey, but instead, filter phytoplankton and small krill from the seawater. Basking sharks have a slow, ...

While lots of shark species grow quite large and have big teeth, the largest among them—whale sharks and basking sharks that frequently grow up to 40 feet—are docile and not dangerous to humans.

In fact, you may not even have ... shark is the salmon shark. Marine turtles are giant, aquatic reptiles with large flippers as forelimbs and smaller flippers as hindlimbs that they use for swimming.

AN INCREDIBLE nine million year old ancestor of the great white shark has been discovered in Peru. The 23ft long beast had ...

From hiking to e-biking, camping to snorkelling, here's how to have a big adventure with a small footprint. 1. Snorkel with basking sharks in the Inner Hebrides A gaping mouth, beady eyes and ...

Single-digit wind chills and a weeklong string of below freezing temperatures paint the Cape Cod water's edges with sea ice.

Now, a study has revealed that sharks ... teeth while they mate. These bloody love bites are now helping scientists piece together the hidden secrets of sharks' sex lives. To mate, sharks have ...

Orca DNA was linked to the largest bite wound, found in the center of the shark, which is “characteristic of liver extraction” — a technique orcas have been observed deploying. The other ...