Basking Shark season tends to be May or October, and there are a few hotspots around the British Isles where you'll most ...

The shark, as confirmed later by the institute’s executive director Jon Dodd, was a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus). Enormous, yes, as they are the second largest fish in the ocean after the ...

Basking sharks do not actively seek out food or suck in water – instead they swim with their mouths open, catching whatever goes through. Their huge mouths can be up to a metre wide. The basking shark ...

Basking sharks do not actively seek out food or suck in water – instead they swim with their mouths open, catching whatever goes through. Their huge mouths can be up to a metre wide. The basking shark ...

A 20-foot basking shark was spotted recently swimming near Block Island off the Rhode Island coast. An unusually large visitor spent its Memorial Day in New England this year.

A massive basking shark spotted off the coast of Block Island on Memorial Day drew comparisons to "Jaws" ahead of the film's 50th anniversary.

A massive basking shark spotted off the coast of Block Island drew comparisons to "Jaws." By Max Molski • Published May 29, 2025 • Updated on May 29, 2025 at 12:48 pm ...

The Atlantic Shark Institute said basking sharks are not a risk to people. A shark seen swimming near Block Island. (John Lunch Bucket) Basking sharks are not aggressive and are filter feeders.

“This basking shark may look like it’s smiling but sadly, it is not,” shark researcher John Chisholm wrote. “This poor individual stranded on a beach along Cape Cod Bay.

The second largest shark species in the world is being spotted close to the Bay State coast, according to shark researchers. Multiple basking sharks were seen off Plymouth Friday morning.