Most weigh between 15 and 20 tons. They’re about twice as large as great white sharks—if you think of a city bus, that’s about the size of a whale shark. Worried about sharks? You’ll want ...

Whale sharks typically grow up to 40 feet — the length of a school bus — and can measure as long as 60 feet, according to the researchers. Despite their size, whale sharks eat mostly small ...

Over a year after a dead 15-foot shark was found with mysterious bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, DNA ...

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

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 ...

Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...

How big they are: Smaller than a human hand to the size of a school ... Different sharks use different strategies to eat. Like many actual whales, the whale shark filter-feeds, straining teeny ...

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as ... [+] artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory ...