Green Anaconda – One of the largest snakes in the world, this giant constrictor can swallow large prey, including deer and caimans, and could theoretically consume a human. Nile Crocodile – These ...

The Galapagos Islands are home to many species of shark, including the largest shark, the whale shark. Whale sharks are ...

A huge shark bit the head off a stranded pygmy sperm whale in New Zealand as a person standing in waist-high water attempted to get the whale back out to sea. The shark, likely a great white ...

Whale sharks face major pressures from human activity. Like other sharks, they have been targeted for their meat and fins. For example, in Taiwan the popularity and price of whale shark meat shot up ...

Whale sharks use underwater features and oil platforms as migratory stepping stones, affecting conservation efforts.

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus ... plastic pollution, and human shipping and tourist activity. The recent video shows that in spite of many threats, the giant fish is nevertheless persisting ...

Matt Hardy via Unsplash With bodies that can grow longer than school buses, it may come as a surprise that scientists know so little about whale sharks. The ocean giants are the largest fish in ...

A paper clip-sized chameleon and the whale shark are among the threatened species of animals and plants being monitored by conservationists this year. Fauna & Flora, an international nature ...