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 ...

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, 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 ...

In August to September 2024, local fishermen in Indonesia reported seeing at least five appearances of small whale sharks ...

A pod of orcas off the coast of Mexico appears to have learned new skills that help them hunt whale sharks – the world’s largest fish, scientists say. A study published Friday in the journal Frontiers ...

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 ...

Whale shark spotted off the coast of Australia? It might not seem like an unusual sentence at first glance... but it becomes truly remarkable when you consider where exactly this one was found. Thomas ...

WAIKIKI (KHON2) — Several boat tour operators had the ultimate experience on Friday after seeing a juvenile whale shark off Waikiki. Kasia Gasior works on Living Ocean Tours and said one of her ...

The discovery of a four‑month‑old whale shark pup in Saleh Bay, West Nusa Tenggara, represents a significant step forward in ...