For starters are they whales, or sharks? These gentle giants are both beautiful and fascinating and we bet you didn't know ...

A friendly baby whale shark delighted divers when it swam up to them during a trip. The juvenile marine animal spanning 13ft (4 metres) emerged from the water near the boat carrying 17 tourists for a ...

across all ecosystems. And our new research shows whale sharks – the world's largest fish – could be at risk, as warming oceans may force them into busy human shipping lanes. More than 12,000 ...

Whale sharks are endangered. Tour operators in some destinations offer the chance to join them in the water. Here’s what you ...

This lucky scuba diver had a face to face encounter with a pod of curious dolphins and a gigantic whale shark on the same dive. The waters around the Galapagos Islands are among the most spectacular ...

It was 7:30 a.m., and between the brutal jet lag and a mild hangover, I was tempted to skip the whole whale shark excursion that everyone else in my sailing group couldn’t seem to stop talking ...

But, like all great parties, the music must stop eventually, and come early summer, the whale sharks tend to dwindle in numbers. Brad Norman, a research fellow with Murdoch University's Harry ...

Xiaomeisha Ocean World, the largest aquarium in Shenzhen, China, opened its doors on 1 October, boasting an impressive "whale ...

But the marine park soon found itself the object of international discussion as it was revealed their advertised real whale shark was actually a robot. In fact, as visitors found, the whale shark ...

Reynolds and her research team were able to assess how temperatures can affect a whale shark's metabolism and movements. Results of the study, published in Science of the Total Environment ...

KOTA KINABALU – A whale shark and some species of reef manta rays ... He said the matter should be addressed holistically, with the involvement of all stakeholders and the local marine community.