One of only three filter-feeding shark species, basking sharks eat tiny organisms called zooplankton. Swimming with their three-foot-wide mouths agape allows them to take in water and filter out ...

A Rhode Island fisherman’s video of an unusual shark led scientists to confirm the first documented young spinner shark in ...

Keeping the cold water out ... coming through their gills immediately cools the body. "For any animal that uses gills for respiration in the water, gills are like giant radiators strapped to your ...