The world's top wildlife trade organization increased protections on Friday for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a ...

Whale sharks tend to feed at aggregation sites in the southern Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico. Some of the fish that gather are still rather young and small, making them a bit more ...

Two decades ago, India’s whale sharks were hunted and misunderstood. Today, thanks to an ambitious conservation effort led by the Wildlife Trust of India, over a thousand of these gentle giants have ...

Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of ...

On November 15, 2025 in Masbate, Philippines, @keem.ribot.1 shared a video of a whale shark approaching a boat. In the video, the massive but gentle creature comes very close and even touches the boat ...

Whale shark sightings were almost exclusively seen near bagans, where they typically fed on baitfish including anchovies, herrings, and sprats – either swimming horizontally or in a vertical heads-up ...

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (AP) — Whale sharks shouldn’t be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived. They are ...

By Basten Gokkon A new study has mapped whale shark stranding hotspots in Indonesian waters over the past decade and linked ...

The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds Kelsey Williamson Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on the ...

The discovery of a dead whale entangled in a shark net off Coledale Beach ignites fresh debate on New South Wales's ...

Along the coast of Gujarat, India, a renowned spiritual leader is inspiring fishermen to become guardians of the world’s biggest fish: the endangered whale shark. Along the coast of Gujarat, India, a ...

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena — Whale sharks shouldn't be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived. They are found ...