The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek ... basking sharks eat tiny organisms called zooplankton.

Giant squids have the second-largest eyes of any creature on Earth,used to help detect and avoid sperm whales, which are the only predator large enough to eat giant squids when ... What else do you ...

To the team’s surprise, the “low-cost deep sea cameras” filmed two clips of painted swellsharks, the study said. Painted swellsharks, or Cephaloscyllium pictum, are a poorly known shark ...

The existence of the great sea serpent is no longer in doubt. It has been seen in the waters of San Francisco Bay. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

However, a recent survey in Timor-Leste used low-cost deep-sea cameras to observe the painted swellshark in the wild for the first time. Researchers recorded footage of the shark and recently ...

These sea monsters grew upwards of 40 feet (12 meters ... such as the sharp-toothed shark Cretoxyrhina and the giant mosasaur Tylosaurus. Like all plesiosaurs, Styxosaurus's limbs were two ...