Simon Pierce, who has studied whale sharks globally, said he has photographed suspected mating scars on female sharks in St.

Cameron Perry, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium, has been working with colleagues to attach camera tags to ...

The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and is the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual measured 18.8 meters (61.7 feet) in ...

At Kochuveli beach last week, the group intervened quickly to save a beached whale shark mistakenly thought to be dead by local fishers. “We discerned tail muscle pulses and initiated the ...

Such marks are typically seen if a whale is struck by a boat, bitten by a shark or entangled in fishing gear. Gray whales are dying in large numbers, again. April 8, 2025 Samples from the body ...

The mammal center said that it "doesn’t appear to be a boat strike, shark attack, or entanglement, so the cause of death remains unknown." Earlier this month, a smaller, minke whale was spotted ...

“Macho!” he shouts, having seen the claspers that show it’s a male. The biggest fish in the sea, a whale shark can weigh many tons and grow to more than 45 feet in length. It’s named not ...

A dead whale washed ashore Friday, April 11, near the Huntington Beach Pier. A team from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center responded early Saturday and a necropsy was performed, said Glenn Gray ...

Meta represented about 3.3% of the fund's portfolio before the divestment. Additionally, Blue Whale Capital has reduced its holding in Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) as a result of concerns that the ...

A juvenile minke whale stranded multiple times in the San Francisco Bay was euthanized due to its deteriorating health. The whale, rarely seen in the area, exhibited signs of severe sunburn ...

As dozens of North Atlantic right whales take to Cape Cod Bay, experts are working to save a young whale that has been dangerously entangled in fishing gear for months. After traveling south for ...