The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek ... sharks were fished from the North Atlantic and, with populations ...

It’s not clear whether the massive 23-foot (7-meter) animal, known as a basking ... sea creatures of their own volition.

basking shark numbers did decline in our waters. "It's felt perhaps that they have sort of shifted further up north, following their key food source, this very particular plankton which prefers a ...

The two sharks and sea turtle are trackable through ocean research non-profit Ocearch's online shark tracker alongside dozens ...

Three other proposed MPAs - North-east Lewis, Shiant East Bank and Southern Trench - are also the subject of government consultation. Scots seas used as shark ... the Sea of the Hebrides Basking ...