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What initially seemed like an ordinary marine sighting soon escalated into a remarkable encounter. Andrea Mills, Education Coordinator for "Island Packers" in Ventura, recalled the moment to remember.

Thousands of basking sharks have vanished from waters off the coast of California and scientists do not know why. Scientists tracking basking shark numbers off California have found that between the ...

Note: Before we get started, let’s define what pelagic actually means. “Right now, the word pelagic can be a little obscure”, he explains. “But it refers to the open ocean, so the offshore, high seas ...

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Passengers and crew on a boat headed from Ventura to Santa Cruz Island spotted a 20-foot basking shark this week. Here's what to know.

Even though the plankton-eating basking shark is the world's second-largest fish, much of its life has eluded observation. Now, however, researchers have determined that the usually solitary animals ...

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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 ...