Researchers have captured rare video of whale shark courtship behavior, revealing intimate details of the largest fish in the sea.

The Georgia Aquarium describes a whale shark’s throat as the size of a quarter, though others say it can be as large as a human fist. Whale sharks kind of look like giant checkerboarded ...

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 ...

How big they are: Smaller than a human hand to the size of a school ... Different sharks use different strategies to eat. Like many actual whales, the whale shark filter-feeds, straining ...

Emory graduate Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant explores conservation efforts for the species in the Feb. 15 episode of “Mutual of Omaha’s ...