A friendly whale shark floated over to scuba divers exploring a shipwreck site in Thailand. Footage shows the baby marine ...

To find the whale sharks, scientists looked for them from planes, then directed nearby boats to the area. Then a team of divers hit the water to get an up-close-and-personal look. In mid May ...

A massive species of endangered shark might be kinkier than we first thought, scientists have found. In rare video footage, a male whale shark has been spotted biting at his female partner during ...

Accurately determining the size of large animals like whale sharks can be tricky. Measurements may be taken by comparing the animal to the size of a boat or snorkeler, or by swimmers holding up a tape ...

An Auckland man had the encounter of a lifetime when a 5m-long creature swam around and under his boat, before knocking it ...

Researchers spotted the unique behaviour amongst the endangered species at Ningaloo Reef, and believe the "hassling" from males could be keeping female whale sharks away from the site.