A whale shark has left tropical waters to make a rare appearance off a town on the NSW South Coast a few hours’ drive from ...

Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado has banned all kinds of interactions with whale sharks, locally known as “balilan,” ...

Read on to find out about the biggest sharks in the world. The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is the largest fish in the world. It is found in tropical and temperate oceans, in both deep water and ...

Researchers have captured rare video of whale shark courtship behavior, revealing intimate details of the largest fish in the sea.

Conservation & Society, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2012), pp. 63-75 (13 pages) The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a long-lived migratory species inhabiting tropical and warm-temperate waters worldwide.

"There's already a good marine ecotourism industry developing," he added. The whale shark, (Rhincodon typus), the world's largest fish, is classed as globally endangered on the RIUCN RedList.

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish in the world, growing as much as 40 feet or more in length. Despite their size, they are incredibly docile and only feed on plankton ...

EWS-WWF wishes to clarify the status of the species and make a plea for the release of the whale shark. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are listed in appendix two of CITES (Convention on International ...

But throughout Earth's oceans, viviparity occurs in a variety of forms. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest species of shark. Although these animals produce eggs, they don't lay them.