Norman MacCaig (1910-1996) was a Scottish poet who wrote simple, accessible and often humorous poems in modern English.

Norman MacCaig introduces and reads 'Basking shark'.

A customer at a Rhode Island restaurant this week captured an extraordinary scene on video as a giant shark surfaced behind boaters in Great Salt Pond. In the footage, as the shark’s fins slice ...

IT is an unusual situation to biff a basking shark with an oar. Norman MacCaig responds with typical originality to this unlikely encounter in these lines written in December 1967 (from the The ...

A collision between a boat and a basking shark has been recorded for the first time, meaning either that researchers were lucky to capture the footage or that the incidents are more common than ...

Cruise ship passengers in New Zealand came across a young basking shark on the beach and didn't hesitate to step in.

Just in time for the 50th anniversary of “Jaws,” a massive basking shark was spotted off the coast of Block Island in Rhode Island on Monday.

Basking sharks are often confused with great whites and both are plentiful right now in the waters off Massachusetts.

Scientists – including researchers from the Oregon State University – have released what could be the first-ever video footage of a basking shark being hit by a boat.