While fishing off the coast of Thailand, a group of fishermen noticed a massive underwater shadow approaching their boat. It turned out to be a rare sighting of an at-risk sea creature.

The whale shark is an amazing creature. They’re docile things, huge and powerful, swimming around with gaping mouths hoovering up small shrimp, fish, and plankton. Researchers keeping an eye on whale ...

The juvenile whale that washed up on a beach near Burnie was most likely bitten by a white shark after it died, a researcher has found.

The only thing scarier than an ocean filled with sharks, is an ocean with no sharks at all. That might be the future we’re heading toward if ocean acidification and climate change continue down their ...

While keeping tabs on the whale sharks around the US coast, scientists came across one individual with an unusual bent back, curved like a curly S towards its tail. They believe the animal might have ...

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A mother humpback whale and her calf became entangled in shark nets near Noosa Main Beach in Australia on Wednesday, Sept. 17 A Shark Control Program contractor freed the two whales from the net later ...

Some male “ghost sharks” have a bizarre way of giving love bites: They use teeth that sprout from their foreheads. These otherworldly animals, also known as spotted ratfish, can grab onto mates using ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Whale shark scientist reporting for duty. Credit: Jisu Sheen photo Inventive typography. Leon Noel ...

A new study shows the Bird’s Head Seascape in West Papua is a crucial nursery for juvenile whale sharks, where most sightings involved young males feeding around fishing platforms. Researchers ...

The pair was freed on Wednesday, Sept. 17 near Australia Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in publishing and photography from Emerson College in 2022, Cum Laude.