Milo the whale shark has now been tracked across more than 34,000 miles, setting a record for the longest movement record ...

Off Darwin Island in the Galapagos, divers encounter enormous whale sharks, including several large pregnant females. On one ...

A shark scientist examines the darker side of whale shark tourism and hunting across Southeast Asia. At one controversial ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Marine biologists in the Maldives use unique spot patterns, like fingerprints, to identify ...

On a calm morning in May, Brianna Beaulieu, a doctoral student in marine biology at the University of Western Australia, and several researchers from around the world boarded two research vessels ...

Whale sharks in Indonesia are suffering widespread injuries, with a majority scarred by human activity. Researchers found bagans and boats to be the biggest threats, especially as shark tourism grows.

Whale sharks, the largest living fish species, are classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Over the past 75 years, populations have declined by more than 50% worldwide, ...

Whale sharks live in tropical oceans where food is often sparse and patchily distributed, so they need to constantly adapt. As oceans are affected by climate change, food for whale sharks may become ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish in the world and are endangered but are hard to study because they’re largely solitary ...

The world’s largest living fish has plenty to fear from people. New research shows that a large proportion of whale sharks at a popular and protected tourism region bear scars caused by human activity ...