The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

Other recent shark sightings on the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app include an 8-foot shark spotted in ...

Visitors to Sanibel experienced an unexpected encounter when they spotted a massive whale shark just 50 miles off the ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

It was a sight no one expected after two great white sharks were spotted off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Despite their size, whale sharks eat mostly small organisms like plankton, schooling fish and squid, which they scoop from the water as they swim. Orcas are smaller: male orcas grow to about 30 feet .

Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use ...

As Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, Science News explores the vast range of shark sizes, from megaladon to the dwarf lanternshark.

Whale watchers got a big surprise when they encountered two great white sharks in the water off the North Shore.

A new study proves for the first time that the ‘two-thirds scaling law’ applies to large animals as well as small ones, ...

Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are the largest fish in the world. They can trace their ancestry to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 245–65 million years ago, and are members of the ...