A massive species of endangered shark might be kinkier than we first thought, scientists have found. In rare video footage, a male whale shark ... before opening its mouth and lunging toward ...

Whale sharks typically gather around Ningaloo Reef every year from March through July to feast on the plankton and krill that ...

“They called in 10 people and we sat around a table. They told me I was crazy, and that we couldn’t operate on a whale.” Big Mouth, the Minnesota Zoo’s beluga whale, required a 17-member team that ...

At Ningaloo Reef, researchers conducted field expeditions which involved spotting the whale sharks by plane and then directing a boat towards the sighting. The boat team then entered the water to take ...

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 ... to open its mouth and lunge forward ...

Courtship and procreative behavior in many species of elasmobranchs—cartilaginous fish including rays, sawfish, sharks, and skates—may include following and biting. However, there has been little ...

Some sharks lay egg cases with developing embryos inside. These sharks are called ... Largest Shark: The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world, measuring up to [50 feet ...

In fact, a T-rex would have been a quick snack for megalodon. Its head would have easily fit inside the gargantuan shark's mouth.