basking shark

(Newser) - Sharks as long as a small bus prowl at the water's surface, their mouths open wide in search of lunch. And the crowd goes wild. That's been the scene lately off the coast of Southern California, where gentle giant basking sharks have been turning up in numbers not...

(Newser) - The people of Misquamicut, Rhode Island, have been flocking to photograph a colossal sea creature that washed up on the beach yesterday. The 28-foot basking shark will be examined by shark biologists to determine the cause of death, the Day reports. The leviathan is a member of the second-biggest shark...