As the Washington Post ’s Jonathan Edwards tells it, it isn’t just that the whales win, it’s what they do in achieving their ...

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The whale shark isn’t just the largest fish in the world, it’s the largest animal that’s not a cetacean. The average length ...

There are few experiences as humbling as swimming alongside a whale shark. Despite their size—growing up to 40 feet ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

“These gentle giants are typically found in cooler waters, and are rarely spotted in waters off California, raising curiosity ...

Two killer whales have killed dozens — if not hundreds — of sharks, including the vaunted great whites, with an ease that has ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, ...

Yet back then, any one of these creatures could become prey to the ocean's fiercest apex predator: the megalodon, a giant shark with massive teeth and a body the size of a whale. In many ways ...

Recent incidents where whale sharks were accidentally entangled in fishing nets on the Thiruvananthapuram coast have turned the spotlight on a critical issue—the absence of adequate compensation ...