Whale sharks or “butanding” were sighted off Barangay Tinoto in Maasim, Sarangani over the past weeks, according to the ...

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- A juvenile whale shark, locally known as butanding, was spotted in the waters of Brgy. Punta Engaño in ...

Large numbers of endangered whale sharks have been sighted in waters off Madagascar. The first major scientific survey in the area shows there are far more of the huge fish than previously thought.

Donsol is known as the whale shark capital of the world because of the high number of whale sharks, locally known as butanding, found in its municipal waters. For decades, whale sharks have migrated ...