A huge shark has washed up on a Scottish beach, leaving beachgoers in utter disbelief. The basking shark, sometimes known as ...

Basking sharks are highly migratory. In spring and summer, they travel to coastal, nutrient-rich waters to feed, such as the western coast of Scotland, Isle of Man, the northeastern U.S., and Canada.

Basking sharks caught on ‘SharkCam’ in Inner Hebrides Dr Suz Henderson from Scottish Natural Heritage is keen to see the results of this study. “The sexual lives of basking sharks — of any ...

University of Staffordshire’s Professor Claire Gwinnett and colleagues have joined forces with Basking Shark Scotland to conduct four expeditions this September – and members of the public can ...

So clear beaches are your best bet to see this mammoth fish. According to Basking Shark Scotland: "During Spring, water temperature increases, sun hours and daylight increases and nutrients are ...

The West of Scotland MPA involves an area of more than 38,610 sq miles (100,000 sq km) in the north-east Atlantic. Coral reefs and deep-sea sharks are among the wildlife found at depths of 2,500m ...

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.