Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are the largest fish in the world. They can trace their ancestry to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 245–65 million years ago, and are members of the ...

Recently, we dove deep on the world’s smallest shark (the dwarf lanternshark) and now we’re swinging to the other end of the shark size spectrum to look at the world’s largest fish. The whale shark is ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

On a calm morning in May, Brianna Beaulieu, a doctoral student in marine biology at the University of Western Australia, and several researchers from around the world boarded two research vessels ...

Researchers have found that heavily used shipping lanes pass through crucial whale shark feeding grounds, posing a threat to this endangered species. Research published today (Wednesday 15 May) in ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish in the world and are endangered but are hard to study because they’re largely solitary creatures that roam great distances. There are only about 30 ...

Georgia Aquarium whale shark Taroko has died after being euthanized Taroko was seen by more than 43 million visitors over nearly 20 years He was rescued from a seafood market in Taiwan before coming ...

Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of ...

One of the world’s busiest whale-shark destinations is struggling to manage a boom in ecotourism. A new USF study finds the world’s biggest fish may be paying the price.