Whale sharks. Are they whales? Are they sharks? This amazing creature is actually a shark. It is called a whale shark due to its enormous size, and because sharks are fish, the whale shark is the ...

That's literally big news: whale sharks are the largest sharks and the largest fish on the planet, reaching up to 60 ft (18 m) in length. Marine biologists have observed four separate incidents ...

“Whale sharks are big and pretty hardy so if they have a non-lethal injury, they can often bounce back,” says Heithaus. “But when they get hit by one of these big ships, they're not going to ...

One pod in the Gulf of California, may have picked up a new skill to go after a pretty big prize–whale sharks. Reaching almost 60 feet long, whale sharks are the largest fish on the planet and ...

The global whale shark population may number in the hundreds ... If they gulp something too big, they spit it out. Rachel Graham, a conservation scientist at the Wildlife Conservation Society ...

While nearly all of the whale sharks near La Paz are juveniles, Pancaldi believes that “orcas are smart enough to put down a big whale shark, as well,” such as the 30-foot-long adults she has ...

“The whale shark has the smallest brain compared to body ... Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas in Mexico. “It’s a big, big fish that is very slow compared with other sharks.