Whale sharks are the largest species of fish on the planet. They are among the largest animals to have ever lived. Only blue whales, sperm whales, and humpback whales (all mammals) are larger. The ...

A San Diego whale-watching company logged an extraordinary daily double Monday with the sighting of a blue whale and a whale shark. The blue whale is the planet's largest creature, but the rarer ...

Blue sharks have become very well known for the color of their skin, but new research indicates that these iconic sharks might be more than meets the eye. In fact, blue sharks might just be one of ...

Odds are you probably know what that line references without having to click the link. And there's a good reason for that. Sharks have been around for nearly 450 million years – a lot longer than ...

A team of international researchers led by the University of Vienna have investigated the development of shark and ray ...

As a way to bring sharks into the middle of a desert, the Discovery Center of Idaho is bringing the Planet Shark: Predator or Prey exhibition to Boise to explore the world of sharks. “It gives the ...

Great white sharks are one of the ocean's most formidable killers. But, in a shocking turn of events, a group of Cape fur seals banded together to drive off the prowling predator. The tense moment was ...