Basking sharks filter 2,000 tons of water per hour but remain endangered and overlooked in global conservation efforts.

The research demonstrates the adaptability of basking sharks, which can tolerate vastly different ocean temperatures. While ...

The Maine State Aquarium is sharing video of a recent basking shark sighting in the state's Midcoast region. The shark was ...

Cape Cod researchers using new technology to track sharks, including cameras Video of a huge shark swimming around Rhode Island's Block Island on Memorial Day is going viral. The video taken by ...

RELATED: 40-ton humpback whale plays 'peek-a-boo' with woman on boat Basking sharks are the planet's second-largest living shark and fish, next to whale sharks, and can measure 40 feet.

The stranding was the second of a basking shark in Wellfleet during the winter months. In February 2017, a large female shark, about 24 feet in length, washed up in the area of Chequessett Neck Road.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A first mate from New Hampshire recalled the moments he saw two large basking sharks off the coast of Rye Harbor. "It was like 30 feet long, at least," RJ Lincoln said. "We ...

Video of shark sighting near Block Island lures millions of views on social media Basking sharks are harmless to humans, said Jon Dodd of the Atlantic Shark Institute,“ but ”that didn’t ...

One of those sharks unfortunately washed up dead on a Cape beach earlier this week, as researchers responded to Wellfleet Harbor and took samples from the massive 6,000-pound 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.