Experience the gentle majesty of the ocean's largest fish with this intimate close-up video of a whale shark. The footage focuses on the animal's massive head, revealing the intricate patterns of its ...

The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease. Here’s why the world’s biggest shark eventually vanished off the ...

"When a big shadow appears in the deep blue & starts moving straight towards you,” reads the Manta Dive Center Instagram ...

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador-It's the biggest shark-and the biggest fish-in the sea, often found roaming in warm waters around the globe with its huge mouth agape in search of dinner. Yet despite its ...

The world’s oceans are home to an exquisite variety of sharks and rays, from the largest fishes in the sea—the majestic whale shark and manta rays—to the luminescent but rarely seen deep-water lantern ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gareth J. Fraser, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) The world’s oceans are home ...

California sharks are welcoming their new queen: Basking sharks, the second largest species on the entire planet, have reappeared in local waters. The rare, 33-foot, 8,000 pound creatures last swam ...

The majority of whale sharks in a marine tourism hotspot off Indonesia have human-caused scars, according to a new study. Photo from NOAA, UnSplash The majority of whale sharks in a global tourism ...