However, the role of oil and gas platforms as migratory stepping stones also raises new questions about how their eventual removal could affect whale shark movement patterns. As oil and gas platforms ...

Scientists have used these field seasons to observe and collect data on the behaviors of whale sharks, hoping to uncover patterns that would illuminate everything from feeding habits to potential ...

Each whale shark’s skin pattern is completely unique, like fingerprints are for humans. These gentle giants of the oceans are found in all the tropical oceans of the world but can also travel to ...

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 ...

Matt Hardy via Unsplash With bodies that can grow longer than school buses, it may come as a surprise that scientists know so little about whale sharks. The ocean giants are the largest fish in ...

Looking for the Best Places to Dive with Whalesharks? We got you covered! We can tell you which places are worth visiting and which ones are less likely to give you the chance to swim or dive with ...

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 ...

Researchers have witnessed behavior in the wild which could reveal critical clues about how the endangered whale shark reproduces. For the first time researchers have witnessed behaviour in the ...

A female whale shark being chased by a larger male (Christine Barry Research/YouTube) Scientists in Australia have witnessed whale shark mating behaviour at Ningaloo Reef, in what is believed to be ...