Swim with the beautiful whale shark at these tropical destinations and choose from a plethora of ethical excursions on your next visit.

Each whale shark’s pale spots and stripes are unique ... Some say they can live up to 60 years in the wild, while others, ...

Since the whale shark is a filter feeder, the divers were not at risk of being eaten A giant whale shark looked ready to snack on a pair of amazed divers off the coast of Tubbataha, Philippines.

Spotted off the coast of Mexico’s Guadalupe Island, Deep Blue seems remarkably unbothered as she floats past some divers, two of whom are inside a relatively flimsy-looking cage, but one who seems ...

Another wrote: 'Wait… the camera was inside the shark’s mouth? That’s wild! Glad it survived ... of lying about being swallowed by a whale says horrifying footage of a Chilean kayaker ...

Scientists still do not know the exact frequency of ... [+] whale shark pregnancies, how long gestation lasts, or how often individual females reproduce. Another possibility is that these birth ...

For Seven Worlds Director Lucy Wells, witnessing this incredible scene at Cenderawasih Bay was far beyond anything she could have imagined; “Seeing a whale shark in the wild is a privilege.

“At first, I thought it was a whale shark because I’ve seen five or six over the years. But as soon as I focused in, I said ‘Holy s---, dude, there’s a great white!’ My friend was ...

Over 13 million people across over 100 countries go whale watching every year, feeding a multibillion-dollar industry. AWI supports responsible watching of cetaceans in the wild as opposed to ...

The infamous beast, The Meg, that terrorised divers in the blockbuster film of the same name was closer to a whale, research suggests ... akin to a great white shark wrought havoc in the ocean.

It's there that an observation was made of a female whale shark giving birth outside of an OMZ. However researchers haven’t ruled out the possibility that the shark unexpectedly gave birth ...

Pp. 209–224. New York, NY: NOVA Publishers. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES). 2002. CITES Appendix II nomination of the Whale Shark, Rhincodon ...