Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Whale shark scientist reporting for duty. Credit: Jisu Sheen photo Inventive typography. Leon Noel ...

Governments adopted greater protections for more than 70 species of sharks and rays at an international wildlife trade ...

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

Researchers have found that heavily used shipping lanes pass through crucial whale shark feeding grounds, posing a threat to this endangered species. Research published today (Wednesday 15 May) in ...

EMBARGOED: NOT FOR RELEASE UNTIL 07 OCTOBER 2024 AT 16:00 (LONDON TIME), 07 OCTOBER 2024 AT 11:00 (US EASTERN TIME). Global warming could increase the threat posed to whale sharks from large ships, ...

It turns out that the answer involves a custom-built tank, a cargo plane, and some very polite shark passengers. User @bybrenosantos_ joked that maybe the aquarium was constructed around the whale ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics. Rio Lady is a whale shark (Rhincodon typus ...

An international study has found whale sharks and ships are more likely to collide by the end of the century due to climate change. The researchers used global climate models and satellite-tracking ...

As another summer season begins on the beaches of Cape Cod and other coastal areas, researchers are reminding people to be on the lookout for Atlantic white sharks after recently observing two marine ...

Heavily-used shipping lanes that pass through whale shark feeding grounds pose a threat to the species, according to scientists who have revealed areas where the creatures are at the highest risk.