Dive into the thrilling whale shark season in Bahía de los Ángeles. Swim responsibly and support conservation efforts in Baja ...

Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are the largest fish in the world. They can trace their ancestry to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 245–65 million years ago, and are members of the ...

It’s the largest shark in the world and weighs as much as an F-15 fighter jet, but the whale shark is nothing to be afraid of. Whale sharks are filter feeders and only eat plankton and other small ...

It was a sight no one expected after two great white sharks were spotted off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Whale shark locations of known ‘constellations’ include the Gulf of California and Quintana Roo (Mexico), Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia), Inhambe Province (Mozambique), ...

You never forget your first whale shark sighting. Suddenly there’s a massive 40-foot fish meandering around at the surface, moving so slowly you could swim up and touch it. Yet, as awe-inspiring ...

Depth use was influenced by temperature, but differently by sex: Females dived to greater depths than males in SST between ...

In 2014, a remarkable encounter with a whale shark sparked a journey of discovery off the coast of Madagascar's Nosy Be. Little did marine enthusiast and researcher, Stella Diamant, know that this ...

On May 14, a boat pilot alerted the team to the location of a female whale shark that was about 22 feet long. Shortly after, an adult male whale shark appeared and followed about 6.5 to 10 ten ...

When they arrived at the location, Moskito said they saw a whale shark "just thrashing at the surface with a killer whale attached to it." Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now.