Baby whale sharks remain one of the biggest mysteries in marine science, but new research suggests their birthplaces may be ...

Whale sharks are known for being gentle giants and humans are not on the menu. In fact, their gentle nature along with the algae found in their stomachs led some to mistakenly believe that they ...

Over the course of their lives (which can last more than 100 years), whale sharks travel distances that can exceed the ...

Ningaloo Reef, a World Heritage site off Western Australia's coast, is experiencing significant coral bleaching due to a ...

Residents worked together to rescue a 22-foot whale shark (butanding) that got tangled in a fishing net near the shore of ...

It’s a crucial time for whales to fatten up, and a new study suggests some whale species announce an abundance of food with songs — but when food supply drops, so do the songs. They used ...

But despite whale sharks having roamed the oceans for at least ... offering protection from predators and abundant food sources,” Marine Biological Association shark expert Professor David ...

As soon as food was placed in their mouths, the whale sharks sucked it in with seawater as they made a violent noise. Whale sharks filter feed with sieve-like structures and expel water through ...

It’s predicted that this shark could live to 200 years old, and its slow way of life means it expends little energy when scavenging for food - perhaps a drowned Polar bear or dead whale.