The large and monstrous basking shark can grow to more than 10 ... comes from its habit of swimming very close to the surface with its dorsal fin out of the water - to "bask" means to laze in ...

The basking shark, which the center said is the second ... the shark seen near Wildwood had distinct notches on its dorsal fin, which didn't match the shark seen in Cape May.

In a world first, a basking shark is tagged with cameras ... team have attached front and rear facing cameras to sharks’ dorsal fins. However, as was demonstrated when Landward joined the ...

A wildlife enthusiast has told of his close encounter with a pod of around 50 basking sharks off the west coast of Ireland. Stephen Dunbar, who won a photography award for his impressive pictures ...