“How dare the parents of those kids and the person taking that picture, desecrate the dead whale shark,” Robert Pritchard posted in response to a photo of kids standing on a dead shark on an N ...

Since the whale shark is a filter feeder, the divers were not at risk of being eaten A giant whale shark looked ready to snack on a pair of amazed divers off the coast of Tubbataha, Philippines.

On the tail, “the coloration and patterns that each whale has is unique ... was due to starvation because of marine heatwaves. Photo identification is common in the study of marine mammals ...

Comparing these 'fingerprints' with an ongoing whale shark ID databank will help scientists discover if the whale sharks have visited before and if there is a pattern to their visits. Some may ...

The humpback carcass was severely compromised by shark scavenging and decomposition. The back of the skull and about 65% of the lumbar spine was exposed ... with no overt evide ...