Jan 31 2023
Do basking sharks breach? The basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, is the second largest shark in the world – and the largest to breach fully out of the water. You may have seen the iconic footage …
Jan 23 2023
Are basking sharks endangered? Basking sharks are listed as endangered species on the IUCN red list. There is still no definitive population number for this species due to the difficulties of studying such a wide …
Jan 11 2023
The basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, is the second largest shark in the world, and the largest found in temperate seas! So big that its common name in some languages is actually ‘giant shark’, but exactly how …
Welcome back to episode 9 of Shark-cast, the podcast all about basking sharks! This episode we were joined by an exciting guest, Professor Les Noble. To start the episode we asked Les to introduce …
Nov 17 2022
Its been a great year for basking sharks in both conservation and research! New research published this year unveils some fascinating insights to basking shark behaviour, and we were so happy to have been able …
Oct 17 2022
It’s unusual to see a humpback whale in Scotland, and over the last ten years this is our third sighting of these magical creatures here in the Hebrides. On this flat calm day we had …
Oct 07 2022
Welcome to episode 6 of shark-cast brought to you by Basking Shark Scotland. This episode Shane and Rachel dived into an introduction to the basking shark – (we are always here for the ocean …
Oct 04 2022
This is a very common question we are asked on tours, scientific voyages, and online. Until relatively recently (say a decade ago) it was very misunderstood. Go back a little further the opinion was that …
A question we’re often asked during our voyages is, Were are the sharks and how do we find them? Why they are not at a specific place at a specific time, and what the season …
Sep 30 2022
Well this was a day we didn’t expect – but that’s what can happen in the Hebrides, all of a sudden something unexpected and amazing turns up. Life on the edge of the Atlantic! We …
Recently our drone footage of a basking shark approaching our boat casued a bit of a stir on the internet! This short video went unexpectedly viral on TikTok, gaining 16.5 million views at the time …
Aug 26 2022
For the summer peak season, we’re based out on the Isle of Coll in the Scottish Inner Hebrides islands. The islands are exposed to the North East Atlantic and although the ocean can be a …