A whale shark swims through the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Destin, Fla. in August 2023. Carlton Ward Jr / Wildpath ...

The Gulf of Mexico is a large basin with around 617,800 square miles of water. The area supports diverse marine life, including many species of sharks. There are around 24 different species of ...

The DeSoto Canyon in the Gulf of Mexico extends close to the shores of Northwest Florida. That water that comes from the canyon is cool and scientists believe its attracting the whale sharks to ...

Seeing a whale shark so close to Texas shores isn’t unprecedented—a similar sighting near Port Mansfield made news in 2019, for example—but it is rare and thrilling.Whale sharks typically ...

Whale sharks filter a lot of water through their mouths and gills—almost 160,000 gallons (605,000 liters) of water an hour—as they feed on tiny plankton and fish.

And one whale shark's incredible 5,000-mile (7,200-kilometer) swim could even help solve the long-standing mystery of where whale sharks give birth—an event no scientist has ever seen.

We’re talking about a goblin shark – only the second member of his species ever caught in the Gulf of Mexico, and the first since 2000, shark expert John Carlson said.

Rice's whales are one of the world's newly discovered whale species – and already one of the most endangered. Protections for the whales in the Gulf of Mexico are not coming fast.

The average adult orca is around 20-feet-long (6 meters) and weighs six tons, while the average whale shark may extend as long as 45 feet (13.7 meters) and weigh up to 20 tons (some individual ...

A giant white shark that made shark science history over the winter off Mexico has made her way up to Massachusetts, according to researchers. The nearly 3,000-pound monstrous great white shark ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are not only the largest sharks you will find in the Gulf of Mexico but also the largest sharks in the world. However, these giants are not what most people imagine ...