TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, Philippines — Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado has banned all kinds of interactions with whale sharks, locally known as “balilan,” especially feeding, in the ...

Visiting Playa del Carmen and want to go swimming with whale sharks? You’ve come to the right guide! As a travel blogger that has spent many years living in Playa del Carmen, I’ve personally done the ...

The Wildlife Trust of India’s “Pan India Whale Shark Project” has rescued and released 1,001 whale sharks that were accidentally entangled in fishing nets, which the agency says is a ...

Bohol Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado's Executive Order No. 10 - 2025 considers the harmful effects of whale shark interaction activities on biodiversity CEBU, Philippines – Bohol Governor ...

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Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as ... [+] artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory ...

Activities with "butandings" or whale sharks in the Province of Bohol are ordered stopped by the Provincial Government. Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado issued an executive order on February 3, 2025 ...

Whale sharks utilize both natural features like seamounts and artificial structures such as oil and gas platforms as migratory "stepping stones" due to enhanced prey availability.

Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) on Tuesday freed a whale shark accidentally entangled in fishing nets off the coasts of Kerala. This marked the rescue and release of the 1,001st such animal since the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Whale sharks usually swim in tropical or subtropical seas, making them a rare sight in the normally crisper waters off the NSW South ...

Following stricter national regulations on whale shark conservation introduced in November last year, the government of Maldives has now moved to enforce propeller guards on all excursion boats within ...

Scientists said the presence of killer whale DNA on the great white shark was the result of a "true predation event" with multiple other tests ruling out contamination from the marine environment.