They filter out tiny animals like krill and plankton from the seawater, swallowing the food and expelling the water through ...

Based on observations across two decades, scientists found 34 instances where the killer whales approached a human with a ...

The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

These incidents, documented across four different oceans, saw orcas approaching humans on boats, in the water, and even standing on shore, offering a variety of items such as fish, mammals, birds, ...

Whale sharks somehow manage to also be very private: Scientists don’t know where they mate, and they’ve never observed it before.

As Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, Science News explores the vast range of shark sizes, from megaladon to the dwarf lanternshark.

Whale sharks need to find food to survive, so their feeding behavior and diet dictate where and when you are most likely to see them. There are only three filter-feeding sharks in our oceans, ...

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (AP) — Whale sharks shouldn’t be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived. T… ...

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (AP) — Whale sharks shouldn't be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived.

Whale sharks typically measure from 12 to 18 meters (39 to 59 feet), weigh up to 14 tons and are plankton eaters; all sharks have a unique pattern of white spots on their upper side.