A shark was found washed up on a beach in Cornwall by a woman walking her dog. The discovery on Par beach, near St Austell, was confirmed to be a thresher shark found on New Year's Day.

The autopsy by the Cornwall Marine Pathology Team ... found that the 3.96m long shark had damage to her fins and silt in her stomach, suggesting she may have been alive when she stranded.

The sighting of a basking shark in Cornwall this week has been dubbed "exciting" by a wildlife trust. It comes after a video emerged on social media of the animal in St Ives harbour. Abby Crosby ...

A two-and-a-half metre endangered thresher shark was found washed up on Par Beach, Cornwall, on New Year’s Day. Cornwall Wildlife Trust suspects trauma from sport fishing and is conducting an autopsy ...

The two-and-a-half metre thresher shark was discovered at about 8am on New Year's Day on Par beach, Cornwall. Teams from Cornwall Wildlife Trust have collected the body and will conduct an autopsy ...

The 14ft-long thresher shark, which is classed as vulnerable, was found dead on New Year's Day - it suffered severe traumatic damage to parts of its upper and lower jaw ...

A woman walking her dog stumbled upon a massive thresher shark washed up on a Cornwall beach. Teams from the Marine Strandings Network, a flagship project of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust ...

The new video shows why now is the best time to catch a glimpse of the mighty mammal in UK waters - and these THREE videos from the past week in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly prove it ...