In fact, whale shark-focused tourism contributes to 57 % of shark and ray tourism globally, with opportunities to snorkel with whale sharks now offered in 19 countries!

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena — Whale sharks shouldn't be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — the biggest fish in the sea — and found in warm oceans all around the world. By shark ...

Orcas off the coast of Mexico have devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks, and marine scientists have documented the behavior for the first time.

These 10 shark and whale tours are all operating in Massachusetts this summer. North Atlantic right whales sighted in Cape Cod Bay on March 21, 2021 (Center for Coastal Studies) ...

Researchers filmed a 30-foot whale shark luring a school of anchovies into its meter-wide mouth off the coast of Oahu.

SOMMER: Whale sharks are the largest fish species on the planet, as long as a school bus. This whale shark was a juvenile, though still about 16 feet long, and the killer whale was hunting it.

Scientists observed an orca whale killing a great white shark by itself and believe it may be one of the first recorded solo killer whale attacks on a great white shark.

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the biggest fish on the planet, with some clocking in at 60 feet long. Now, for the first time, we might have some clues to how these endangered gentle giants mate.

The whale expert was admiring the ocean when she suddenly spotted something sinister heading her way - a terrifying tiger shark. Nan recalled: "It’s moving fast and it’s coming towards me.

Scientists have found that the whale shark, which grows up to 18 metres in length, is the world’s largest omnivore after a new discovery that a type of seagrass is a significant source of ...

A group of researchers discovered that the rhodopsin -- a protein in the eye that detects light -- of whale sharks has changed to efficiently detect blue light, which penetrates deep-sea water ...

Scientists unearthed evidence that a small whale was ambushed, bitten, and dramatically thrashed by a megalodon, providing more proof that the extinct shark species was a dominant, ferocious predator.