What’s the biggest shark, and is it the most dangerous?

THE DEEP SEA IS BY FAR THE LARGEST habitat on Earth. It is, says Natalie Lawrence in her book Enchanted Creatures, “the last wilderness vast enough to hide monsters”. Unsurprisingly, many myths have a

1 BASKING SHARK Basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) are the world’s second largest shark. They grow bigger than great whites and can reach a staggering 12 metres long, yet these gentle giants feed on

How a NASA star-mapping tool is being put to a new use – following the largest fish in the sea, whale sharks

UK & IRELAND SPECIALIST SPECIES HUNTING

"FAKARAVA’S SOUTH PASS IS MORE than a name on a map. Divers speak of it like a rite of passage. In this remote corridor, the current runs wild and the sharks run the show. Welcome to French Polynesia’

COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent takes a closer look at the sturgeon, which has been highly prized by gastronomes since Roman times