A recent megalodon clue has left many people convinced that this ancient predator is still roaming the waterways of the world ...

Small organisms such as plankton get stuck in their gill rakers and the shark then consumes the food. Filter-feeding sharks include whale sharks, megamouth sharks and basking sharks. These species ...

There are mainly two families of whales: baleen whales and toothed whales. There are 14 species of baleen whales including ...

A 6.2-metre-long whale shark swimming at around one metre per second would be able to filter about 614,000 litres of sea water per hour. Despite not needing razor-sharp teeth for cutting and tearing ...

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

Incredible footage showing a man briefly being 'swallowed' by a whale is the latest in seemingly similar, yet mostly benign ...

Despite having about 3,000 tiny teeth, whale sharks use their expansive mouths to filter feed, consuming plankton and small ...