Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the biggest fish on the planet, with some clocking in at 60 feet long. Now, for the first ...

"Our knowledge of adult whale sharks, particularly their reproductive ... swam 6 to 10 feet behind the female before opening its mouth and lunging toward her. "The male shark increased its ...

Even if you were somehow sucked into the whale shark’s five-foot-wide mouth (don’t worry, there are no reported incidents of ...

For the first time, researchers have witnessed behaviour in the wild which could reveal critical clues about how the ...

Researchers have recently witnessed behavior in the wild that could offer critical clues about how the endangered whale shark ...

The ocean giants are the largest fish in the world, but their everyday lives and behaviors in the wild are elusive and ...

Courtship and procreative behavior in many species of elasmobranchs—cartilaginous fish including rays, sawfish, sharks, and skates—may include following and biting. However, there has been little ...

In rare video footage, a male whale shark has been spotted biting at his female partner during courtship. Before now, we knew ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus ... “The male was observed to open its mouth and lunge forward towards the caudal fin of the female,” the authors write in the study. “The male shark increased ...