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 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 ...

Along the coast of Gujarat, India, a renowned spiritual leader is inspiring fishermen to become guardians of the world’s biggest fish: the endangered whale shark. Along the coast of Gujarat, India, a ...

A bump up near Pottsville. A nudge near Coffs Harbour. Drone sightings on the mid-north coast. A sighting at Palm Beach. While the biggest humpback migration in modern history is tailing off toward ...

Researchers are working to better understand a “silent” threat to whale sharks—ship collisions. Fishermen’s lights in Djibouti attract plankton and a young whale shark to the water’s surface, where ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish in the world and are endangered but are hard to study because they’re largely solitary creatures that roam great distances. There are only about 30 ...