Killer Whale: An adult killer whale’s top speed in attack mode is 35 mph—plenty fast enough to catch all but the fleetest prey and evenly matched with the great white shark. Shark: Swimming ...

You never forget your first whale shark sighting. Suddenly there’s a massive 40-foot fish meandering around at the surface, moving so slowly you could swim up and touch it. Yet, as awe-inspiring ...

In 2014, a remarkable encounter with a whale shark sparked a journey of discovery off the coast of Madagascar's Nosy Be. Little did marine enthusiast and researcher, Stella Diamant, know that this ...

In fact, whale shark-focused tourism contributes to 57 % of shark and ray tourism globally, with opportunities to snorkel with whale sharks now offered in 19 countries!

In rare video footage, a male whale shark has been spotted biting at his female partner during courtship. Before now, we knew very little about the secret sex lives of the world's largest fish, ...

Killer whales are known to gather in groups to hunt a single shark. This process can take hours as the whales block the shark in prior to attack. It’s also common for killer whales to eat a shark’s ...

It was a whale of a fail. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the water park: A Chinese aquarium was ripped by angry fans after its much-hyped giant shark was revealed to be a robot ...

30-foot whale shark spotted off Kāneʻohe Bay by UH researchers by University of Hawai‘i News on YouTube "[Whale sharks] are here more often than we think. However, they are probably hard to ...

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 ...

An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the world’s largest fish that can grow up to 18 meters (60 feet) in ...

In May, researchers captured orcas hunting whale sharks in unprecedented detail. Here, see the aftermath: An orca swims with shark carrion in its mouth. For the first time, scientists have ...