Over 30 tiger sharks sank their jaws into a dead whale carcass in a massive, three-day feeding frenzy. Breathtaking footage of the aquatic feast was captured by Grant and Sam Eastland on July 4. The ...

Recently, we dove deep on the world’s smallest shark (the dwarf lanternshark) and now we’re swinging to the other end of the shark size spectrum to look at the world’s largest fish. The whale shark is ...

A group of recreational divers were off the coast of Coffs Harbour, in New South Whales, Australia when they spotted a school of sharks feeding on the carcass of a dead sperm whale. Tap to view if on ...

One of the world’s busiest whale-shark destinations is struggling to manage a boom in ecotourism. A new USF study finds the ...

A new study led by University of South Florida biologist Lucas Griffin has found that tour boats and swimmers routinely violate Mexico's whale shark tourism rules—even when the waters are far less ...

NEW ORLEANS — Whale sharks, the huge fish that feed by vacuuming the sea surface, have been seen swimming between and through wide streamers of heavy oil a few miles from BP's spewing well in the Gulf ...

Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are the largest fish in the world. They can trace their ancestry to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 245–65 million years ago, and are members of the ...