That's way bigger than the basking shark, the biggest fish in ... They're big, they're hard and, like a modern shark, the megalodon would have lost and then replaced them tens of thousands of ...

The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless.

Marine researchers are investigating the death of a basking shark that washed up recently in Wellfleet. Here's what we know.