Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are the largest fish in the world. They can trace their ancestry to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 245–65 million years ago, and are members of the ...

Recently, we dove deep on the world’s smallest shark (the dwarf lanternshark) and now we’re swinging to the other end of the shark size spectrum to look at the world’s largest fish. The whale shark is ...

A new study led by University of South Florida biologist Lucas Griffin has found that tour boats and swimmers routinely ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on Friday updated its regulation and ...