The gargantuan fish - which was thought to be 30ft long - was spotted by the captain of a boat tour in September close to the ...

While being towed, she gave birth to five live pups and one stillborn, all measuring between 4.5 and 6.5 feet: as large as a full-grown whitetip reef shark. During the 20th century, basking sharks ...

A 30-FOOT SHARK with a 5ft fin has been spotted swimming yards off the UK coast – with locals warned not to “go anywhere near ...

The appearance of a basking shark off the Northumberland Coast has been described as a "bit of a mystery". The gargantuan fish was spotted in September by a boat tour close to the Farne Islands. It ...

A wildlife ranger had a close encounter with a young basking shark in the St Kilda archipelago. The endangered animal, measuring almost 3m (9ft) long, was spotted at Village Bay on the island of ...

In a world first, a basking shark is tagged with cameras. Speaking on Landward Dr Lucy Hawkes explained, “Basking sharks are big animals but they can also dive under the water and stay well out ...

The results are published by Scotland's nature agency, NatureScot. Most of 2023's basking shark sightings were within the Sea of the Hebrides Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area, external.