All the whale sharks were juveniles, though still 15 to 20 feet long. Sponsor Message "My surprise and my amazement is that they are definitely specialist hunters," Higuera says.

Visitors to Sanibel experienced an unexpected encounter when they spotted a massive whale shark just 50 miles off the ...

Recently discovered bones of a basilosaurus in Mississippi offer insight into its life and what happened after its death.

These sharks' teeth were 3-to-4-inches long and 3-inches wide. These things made great white sharks look like minnows." This ancient whale lived with an illness ...

Generally, whale sharks have few predators to worry about, being the largest fish species on the planet. The gentle giants, ... "They eat all the best stuff in the ocean," Jorgensen.

The whale shark is a great diver." At the same time, the killer whales flip the whale shark onto its back. When sharks are upside down, they can go into a trance-like state known as "tonic ...