Whale sharks are the world’s largest fish and are not known to nibble on humans. These gentle giants filter plankton and fish from the top of the ocean like a baleen whale and eat eight percent ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean.

As she studied feeding behavior in whale sharks, she noticed that juveniles, less than 35 feet long, fled from humans, but larger animals didn’t seem to mind nearby divers. The fish have mostly ...

Swimming with a shark big enough to swallow you whole (but won’t) might sound mad. Yet, after chatting with travellers from across the country, I can confirm it’s one of the biggest bucket list ...

From hand-sized lantern sharks that glow in the deep sea to bus-sized whale sharks gliding through tropical waters, sharks ...

Despite not having bones, sharks can grow pretty large. There’s the aforementioned whale shark, roughly the size of a bowling lane, but let's not forget the basking shark, also something of a colossus ...