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 ...

I thought I knew what to expect: A calm swim, maybe a glimpse of a fin slicing through turquoise water. But nothing prepared ...

A new study led by University of South Florida biologist Lucas Griffin has found that tour boats and swimmers routinely violate Mexico's whale shark tourism rules—even when the waters are far less ...

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 ...

The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds Kelsey Williamson Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on the ...

One of the world’s busiest whale-shark destinations is struggling to manage a boom in ecotourism. A new USF study finds the ...

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 ...