Often, people's actions can harm animals in unintentional ways. However, this one human action is actually changing whale ...

In spite of their size, whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are filter feeders, feeding on plankton, small fish, and other microscopic organisms. To capture their prey, they typically swim slowly near ...

The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

A shark feeding frenzy may be triggered by a mass stranding that saw over 230 pilot whales wash up on a beach in Australia—one of the worst such events in the country's history.

An enormous whale shark can be seen feeding on a bustling school of anchovies off the coast of Hawaii in new, rare video, which researchers captured while conducting fieldwork around the island of ...

A whale-watching tour got the photo opportunity of a lifetime when they spotted a rare white shark feeding from an elephant seal about 30 miles west of Santa Barbara.

Pacific sleeper sharks were spotted in the South China Sea - 1,800 miles from home - offering new clues about deep-ocean ...

UP CLOSE A diver films a whale shark in the waters off Lila, Bohol, in this April 2024 photo. Environmentalists appeal to authorities to stop tourists from interacting with and feeding whale ...

Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and devouring their livers.

Orcas off the coast of Mexico have devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks, and marine scientists have documented the behavior for the first time.

Killer whales off Mexico have developed coordinated hunting skills to take down whale sharks, adding to their reputation as the ocean's top predator.

Whale Shark Feeding Behavior Whale sharks need to find food to survive, so their feeding behavior and diet dictate where and when you are most likely to see them.