Basking sharks are one of the world's largest and most elusive fish species. But off the Irish coast, these gentle giants ...

Some Greenland sharks alive today may have been contemporaries of Shakespeare. With a scarred heart that beats for centuries, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Speaking from his home in County Clare, underwater cameraman Ken O'Sullivan remembers summers as a "young lad" spotting catshark ...

Ireland's waters continue to provide an important seasonal refuge for the endangered basking shark, according to a new study.

Greenland sharks are regarded as the world's longest-living vertebrates, with some believed to survive for nearly 400 years.

Often mistaken for a beast from old folklore or great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is one of the numerous gentle giants who roam our oceans. About the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watch ‘one of the rarest sharks in Europe’ interrupt kids’ kayaking class in Ireland While kayaking off the coast of Ireland, a ...

I've always been a sucker for accents, my ears perk up whenever I detect a hint of something that sounds foreign. It's not a judgmental thing, it's a genuine curiosity to listen closely and try and ...

Kids’ kayaking class saw an angel shark, “one of the rarest sharks in Europe,” swimming in Galway Bay; instructor’s video shows the animal. Screengrab from Colin O'Loan's Twitter video While kayaking ...

While kayaking off the coast of Ireland, a group of kids was joined by an “extremely rare” shark. One of the instructors caught the creature swimming on video. Colin O’Loan and Ronan Breathnach, ...