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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 ...

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 ...

Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and devouring their livers. By Jason Bittel Off Baja California in Mexico, a killer ...

Just before Christmas, a helicopter crew patrolling Sydney's coastline spotted a whale shark as they cruised past. The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopters crew were on their way back to base when a ...

Killer whales can scare white sharks away in the moment, but a 12-year study from South Australia shows that long disappearances from shark hotspots are often just part of the sharks’ natural rhythms.

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 ...

On a March morning in the suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala state’s capital in southern India, a group of fishers were ...

He’s not your man. He’s a whale shark. I learned all these whale shark facts and more from a zine in progress by artist Ash (who asked to go by a pseudonym for this story) at the Punks at the Beach ...

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 ...