Basking sharks are listed as a protected species by authorities. It meant the startled fisherman had to alert the area's marine life foundation - CRAM - once he realised what he had caught.

Basking sharks are also the biggest sharks that can breach, propelling their huge bodies out of the water, sometimes up to four times in a row. Breaching is still not totally understood ...

A huge shark has washed up on a Scottish beach, leaving beachgoers in utter disbelief. The basking shark, sometimes known as a 'Toothless Bruce' because of it lack of teeth, measured 24ft in ...