Whale shark health relies on habitat, diet – and the right mix of microbes World-first study of wild marine animal microbiome Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus): slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark. ... Habitat: The whale shark is found in open waters of the tropical oceans and is rarely found in water below 70 degrees ...

In December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a dozen mega cruise ships were stationed in Bahía de La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, due to the tourism shutdown.

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 ...

JAKARTA — In early September, a whale shark washed up on a beach in the Indonesian province of West Java. Within hours, locals had chopped up the 7-meter (23-foot) fish for its meat and bones ...

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 ...

Movements of as little as 12 nm (22.2 km) away from of a core whale shark habitat could mean fast transiting ships avoid the site entirely." Amy Fraenkel, ...

Whale sharks are the world’s largest fish, with the largest-ever-recorded whale shark clocking in at 18.8 metres. ... Whale sharks could lose over half their habitat in some seas.

In 2010, whale L72 carried her dead new born calf for several hours, according to Robin Baird, a research biologist with the Cascadia Research Collective in Olympia.