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 ...

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

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. This led to ...

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 ...

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 have found that heavily used shipping lanes pass through crucial whale shark feeding grounds, posing a threat to this endangered species.

“Sandbar sharks are not an aggressive species,” he added, noting that it typically takes the shark to be provoked by a ...

But in 2023, a swimmer at Rockaway was bitten by a shark and badly injured. New York City officials responded by expanding ...

Paper clip-sized chameleon and whale shark among species on conservationists’ 2025 watchlist Conservationists are working to safeguard 10 species facing threats from climate change, habitat loss ...

Rio Lady is a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and a swimming superstar. By following her movements with different trackers for almost two decades, including a record-breaking four-year streak ...

When a whale carcass became snagged on a reef off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu in January 2019, “shark influencer ...