With its cartilaginous body and cold blood, the whale shark is decidedly not a whale. But this shark is about as long as a humpback and just as gentle. So gentle, in fact, that tours to dive with ...

While men fell to bullets and bombs everywhere, the world’s longest venomous snake ever recorded was also caught in the ...

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...

Scientists discovered ancient marine reptiles that reached unprecedented trophic levels. These creatures exceeded today’s top predators.

Social media users were blown away by the scene in the viral clip, with one saying: "I would be in heaven if this happened to me." ...

While the Marineland theme park in Antibes, France, closed last week because of a recent law banning marine mammal shows, its ...

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 ...

Public pressure is growing on authorities to humanely rehabilitate two former performing orcas, following the closure of a ...

These regulations ban the use of dolphins and whales in performances, which traditionally accounted for 90% of the park’s visitor revenue ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still undecided Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Phillips is working to help two other whales in captivity at a closed marine park in France Animal lovers are fighting to move killer whales Wikie and Keijo to a sea sanctuary in Canada After ...