Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico — Miguel Aguíñiga Rodríguez, Baja California’s Secretary of Tourism, has announced the start of the whale shark observation season, running from June 1 to December 15 in Bahía ...

Weighing up to several tons, whale sharks are also notable for their markings. Each pattern of spots is unique and scientists identify individual fish using computer programs first developed to study ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Whale shark scientist reporting for duty. Credit: Jisu Sheen photo Inventive typography. Leon Noel ...

Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are the largest fish in the world. They can trace their ancestry to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 245–65 million years ago, and are members of the ...

EXPLAINS NO SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE NEEDED. THIS WAS A PACKED TOUR BOAT. PEOPLE EXPECTING TO SEE WHALES. THEY ENDED UP SEEING SOMETHING EVEN MORE RARE. IT’S A SIGHT NOBODY EXPECTED. NOT EVEN THESE ...

But after spotting what she thought was another whale, Hauser realised it was a tiger shark. And it was swimming straight towards her. This led Hauser to believe the humpback had in fact been trying ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The Ningaloo Coast is where outback, reef and ranges meet. Here, on the northwestern fringes of Australia, 745 miles above Perth on a ...