Shark fin soup is a popular (and pricey ... protections have previously been achieved for a number of shark and ray species, including basking and whale sharks in 2003; great white sharks in 2005; ...

On one occasion, she grabbed the skin under a whale shark’s first dorsal fin as it cruised by. She held on, going ever deeper underwater until, at some point, it occurred to her she’d better ...

Whale sharks, the largest fish in the ocean, have eluded scientists regarding their mating habits. Recent clues from St Helena, where adult males and females gather, suggest possible mating behaviors.

Volunteers with Vulcan Towing in Anchorage helped Museum of Alaska director James Grogan extract almost all of the remaining bones from a fin whale on Cook Inlet mudflats on Tuesday. All that remained ...

(AP) — Whale sharks shouldn’t be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived. They are found in warm ...

So Trump’s base of supporters might have thought they’d be spared. If you’re me, you’ll pick the shark. But then again, I’d never heard of the killer-whale duo known as “Port” and “Starboard” who have ...