A new study published in Individual-Based Ecology presents the first individual-based model (IBM) of basking shark behavior.

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 ...

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Every autumn, basking sharks the size of school buses disappear from the waters off New England and begin journeys that can stretch more than 17,000 kilometers toward the tropics. For years, ...

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Picture the scene. Swimming off Scotland's west coast during a summer holiday you notice a large dark shark nearly 10 meters long headed towards you. A prominent triangular dorsal fin cuts the surface ...