Additionally, baby whale sharks have been observed to intermingle with humans playfully ... It is extremely tiny when matched to most sharks, who possess alarmingly bulky bodies. These cute sharks ...

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 ...

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 ...

A team of researchers have recently witnessed behavior in the wild that could offer critical clues about how the endangered whale shark reproduces. This surprising discovery, made by a research team ...

This video shows what might just be the friendliest baby shark around – a baby whale shark. The shark in the video is the easily recognizable (because of their distinctive pattern) whale shark. While ...

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 "stepping ...

Matt Hardy via Unsplash With bodies that can grow longer than school buses, it may come as a surprise that scientists know so little about whale sharks. The ocean giants are the largest fish in ...

A fisherman was surprised by a whale shark whilst out on the water on his jetski. Video / Supplied An Auckland man had the encounter of a lifetime when a 5m-long creature swam around and under his ...

Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) on Tuesday freed a whale shark accidentally entangled in fishing nets off the coasts of Kerala. This marked the rescue and release of the 1,001st such animal since the ...

For the first time researchers have witnessed behaviour in the wild which could reveal critical clues about how the endangered whale shark reproduces. Little is known about the pre-mating rituals of ...

Whale sharks use both natural underwater features and artificial structures like oil and gas infrastructure as “stepping stones” on their migration, a study has found. The study — undertaken by ...