Many animals are capable of extraordinarily long migrations, crossing many miles of Earth’s seas, skies, or scenery to reach breeding or feeding ground. While these journeys are impressive, there are ...

A juvenile whale shark swam from Madagascar to Seychelles, marking the first confirmed movement between the two nations.

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 ...

How can a creature of such enormous size and long-distance migratory behavior cope with a spine twisted in multiple directions? (Whale shark with the spinal deformity not pictured.) Photo by Jenna ...

On a calm morning in May, Brianna Beaulieu, a doctoral student in marine biology at the University of Western Australia, and several researchers from around the world boarded two research vessels ...