Whale sharks are the largest species of fish on the planet. They are among the largest animals to have ever lived. Only blue ...

On May 26, shark ecologist Kathryn Ayres witnessed a remarkable display of predation while guiding tourists on an ocean safari near La Paz, Mexico. A pod of orcas was observed attacking a juvenile ...

In 1949, Canada’s fisheries department officially marked basking sharks as destructive pests, encouraging fishermen to kill ...

Some of the world’s most massive fish species are true giants of the aquatic realm, astonishing both scientists and anglers ...

SHALIMAR, Fla. -- A Florida teenager is getting a lot of attention after posting a video of himself riding a whale shark to Instagram. Cody Garland told ABC affiliate WEAR that the teens were enticed ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Today’s sharks have nothing ...

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 ...

Sharks are a remarkable, diverse group of ocean-dwellers that inhabit marine ecosystems all over the world. From the massive, gentle giant whale shark to the bioluminescent dwarf lantern shark, there ...

The shark traveled over 4,000 miles since it was first tagged in January 2025. See where Contender last surfaced.