Passengers and crew on a boat headed from Ventura to Santa Cruz Island spotted a 20-foot basking shark this week. Here's what to know.

RYE, N.H. (WHDH) - A bride-to-be was whale watching during her bachelorette party off the coast of New Hampshire, when the group spotted a massive 25-foot basking shark in the water. Morgan Irons, the ...

In 2025, the first great white shark was seen off Massachusetts in mid-May near the western end of Nantucket. Where are all the sharks right now? Where are sharks spending time be ...

This week at the Oceanarium, several people asked about a strange animal they saw off of Hampton Beach. They weren’t sure if it was a whale or a shark. After a little discussion, we determined what ...

Understanding basking shark behavior over a full year reveals how they adapt to environmental shifts and why that matters for ocean conservation. Basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) are the second ...

With warm weather here and more people out on the water, great white shark sightings are rising around the region. There has been an “uptick” in confirmed white shark activity off the Bay State in the ...

Basking sharks are truly enormous – second only to whale sharks in size – and yet many people have never even heard of them. In this episode, we take a closer look at these gentle filter feeders, ...

A basking shark found dead on a Moray beach had eaten plastic, according to experts who examined it. The fish, which was more than 4m (13ft) long, washed up at Portgordon, near Buckie. Shark and Skate ...

Sharks, diverse and vital for ocean health, range from gentle whale sharks filtering plankton to swift shortfin makos hunting prey. Bull sharks uniquely navigate both saltwater and freshwater ...