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 ...

Visitors to Sanibel experienced an unexpected encounter when they spotted a massive whale shark just 50 miles off the island's shore. Mike Kunert captured the rare sighting on camera while out fishing ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of fish on the planet. They are among the largest animals to have ever lived. Only blue ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

Researchers have been tracking a 26-foot endangered whale shark -- named 'Rio Lady' -- with a satellite transmitter for more than four years -- a record for whale sharks and one of the longest ...

Dave is a scuba diver from Canada who has explored the waters of Darwin Island in the Galapagos several times. He's with a group of other divers, including his wife, who have come from all over the ...

A new study has mapped whale shark stranding hotspots in Indonesian waters over the past decade and linked their occurrence ...

The world's biggest shark species usually filter feeds, passively gathering krill and other plankton while swimming through the water. But new footage shows something entirely different. When you ...

Shark tourism—where people pay to swim and have up-close encounters with the animals—may be hindering the species' ability to hunt and reproduce, a study has found. Whale sharks are a slow-moving ...