Whale sharks use underwater features and oil platforms as migratory stepping stones, affecting conservation efforts.

Whale sharks are the gentle giants of the oceans that roam over long distances in search of food and a new study details how ...

Christopher St. Lawrence/Gotham Whale “Not only were there scars on the dorsal fin, but around the dorsal fin it also had entanglement scars, so there was evidence that it had at one point been ...

Whale sharks use both natural and artificial underwater features, such as seamounts and oil platforms, as stepping stones in ...

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right ...

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as artificial features like ...

A pod of orcas off the coast of Mexico appears to have learned new skills that help them hunt whale sharks — the world’s largest fish, scientists say. A study published Friday in the journal ...

For years, whale watchers have been calling Caterpillar a potential mother. But she’s been hit by at least one vessel, which gave her a long scar on one side that biologists worried would make ...

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as artificial features like ...

Each humpback whale has unique patterns, scars, and pigmentation on the underside of its tail fluke, which serve as a kind of fingerprint for individual identification. Artificial intelligence ...

She is named after a large scar on her back she received as a result of a vessel strike when she was a juvenile whale. Vessel strikes and entanglements are the top two causes of death for these ...

The West Australian study looked at satellite data from 78 tracked whale sharks over the past 14 years at Ningaloo Reef and ...