The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks are twice that size, stretching a staggering 60 feet from tip to tail.

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 ...

Visitors to Sanibel experienced an unexpected encounter when they spotted a massive whale shark just 50 miles off the island's shore. Mike Kunert captured the rare sighting on camera while out ...

RYE, N.H. (WHDH) - A bride-to-be was whale watching during her bachelorette party off the coast of New Hampshire, when the group spotted a massive 25-foot basking shark in the water.

Also, sharks were spotted feasting on a dead humpback whale off Long Island. “There’s definitely been an uptick in confirmed sightings this week,” shark researcher John Chisholm told the Herald.

Baby whale sharks remain one of the biggest mysteries in marine science, but new research suggests their birthplaces may be tied to oceanographic features like oxygen minimum zones.

Based on one such spinal skeleton of the megalodon, a new study published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica reports that the giant shark stretched 54 feet in length, or about the size of ...

The whale shark, the largest fish in the world, is a harmless species that visits the waters of the Bahía de los Ángeles Biosphere Reserve, established by the National Commission of Protected Natural ...

In a face-off between a great white shark and a killer whale, who’s more likely to win? If you’re me, you’ll pick the shark. But then again, I’d never heard of the killer-whale duo known as “Port” and ...