Recent incidents where whale sharks were accidentally entangled in fishing nets on the Thiruvananthapuram coast have turned the spotlight on a critical issue—the absence of adequate compensation ...

The whale shark which was found dead in the Ashtamudi backwaters had a long gash in the abdomen, and its stomach had ruptured, necropsy has revealed. It had landed in the Ashtamudi backwaters and was ...

Residents worked together to rescue a 22-foot whale shark (butanding) that got tangled in a fishing net near the shore of Barangay Maniboc, Lingayen. The massive marine creature was spotted around 10 ...

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Also, scans of shark anatomy have shown that they have no other organs or structures that appear capable of producing sounds. So, it came as a surprise to researchers when the juvenile rig sharks ...

The decidedly unattractive creature dominated the competition in the contest run by Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, ...