A friendly whale shark floated over to scuba divers exploring a shipwreck site in Thailand. Footage shows the baby marine ...

Read more about whale sharks at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Swimming-With-Whale-Sharks.html The science writer reveals what she learned about the ...

The Galapagos Islands are home to many species of shark, including the largest shark, the whale shark. Whale sharks are ...

Hanifaru is one of the only places in the world where so many mantas and whale sharks aggregate in such unusually high numbers. Recent reviewers said it was a dream come true to swim with mantas ...

Whale sharks use both natural and artificial underwater features, such as seamounts and oil platforms, as stepping stones in ...

The world’s oceans are vast expanses filled with countless creatures. One of the most spectacular is the whale shark, not just because of its size, the largest fish in the world, but also the ...

Like baleen whales, whale sharks are filter feeders. They can either actively suck food into their mouths or use passive ram filtration - where they slowly swim open-mouthed through patches of food.

On a sunny May afternoon in 2024, a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) unwittingly allowed researchers a glimpse into the little-known romantic life of this species. Although these sharks are ...

Researchers spotted the unique behaviour amongst the endangered species at Ningaloo Reef, and believe the "hassling" from males could be keeping female whale sharks away from the site.

Whale sharks are also endangered, meaning learning about their life cycles is more critical ... mouth and lunge forward towards the caudal fin of the female,” according to the study. “The male shark ...

A one-year study conducted by WWF shows that commercially-important fish species are being overfished in parts of the Philippines, threatening the livelihood of thousands of fishermen and an important ...