Two decades ago, India’s whale sharks were hunted and misunderstood. Today, thanks to an ambitious conservation effort led by ...

By Basten Gokkon A new study has mapped whale shark stranding hotspots in Indonesian waters over the past decade and linked ...

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

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 ...

(AP) — Whale sharks shouldn’t be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived. They are found in warm oceans ...

Sharks are often portrayed as scary, but many species are surprisingly gentle and unique. Wildlife videos and documentaries ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (AP) — Whale sharks ...