While there is no accurate estimate for the size of the population, data suggests that the global population has declined by around 50% in the last 75 years. Most of the threats whale sharks face are ...

Yet back then, any one of these creatures could become prey to the ocean's fiercest apex predator: the megalodon, a giant shark with massive teeth and a body the size of a whale. In many ways ...

It may have been comparable in length to today's biggest whale sharks, the largest of which has measured in at 18.8 metres. Without a complete megalodon skeleton to measure, these figures are based on ...