Few divers would give up the chance to swim with the two largest fish in the sea—whale sharks and basking sharks. Here's ...

Everyone's favorite prehistoric shark may have been much sleeker and much larger than previously thought. A new study ...

The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless.

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.