Human-made structures act as artificial reefs, luring plankton and, in turn, Earth’s largest fish. That could put whale sharks at risk of ship strikes.

Marine researchers are investigating the death of a basking shark that washed up recently in Wellfleet. Here's what we know.

Emory graduate Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant explores conservation efforts for the species in the Feb. 15 episode of “Mutual of Omaha’s ...

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...

A whale shark has left tropical waters to make a rare appearance off a town on the NSW South Coast a few hours’ drive from ...

Scientists said the presence of killer whale DNA on the great white shark was the result of a "true predation event".

The Wildlife Trust of India’s “Pan India Whale Shark Project” has rescued and released 1,001 whale sharks that were accidentally entangled in fishing nets, which the agency says is a ...

Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado has banned all kinds of interactions with whale sharks, locally known as “balilan,” ...

During a Coromandel fishing expedition in February last year, a group of boaties encountered a whale shark “the size of a boat”. “It was like seeing a UFO,” Scott Mitchell said of the ...