A shark has leapt from the water and bit off the head of a stranded whale in New Zealand while a beachgoer was trying to send it back out to sea. A mother pygmy sperm whale and its calf stranded ...

Fossil teeth of extinct megalodon sharks have grooves made by other megalodon teeth, hinting at violent encounters between ...

A young whale shark rammed her from behind. The sea giant is harmless to humans, but it still caused quite a fright. Shoppers throng Hong Kong's Lunar New Year flower market on eve of Year of the ...

which makes them similar in length to the biggest whale sharks. For comparison, the Museum's giant squid Archie measures in at 8.62 metres long. Despite their enormous size, whale sharks eat tiny ...

Kayaker Adrián Simancas is speaking out after he was briefly stuck inside the mouth of a whale that attempted to swallow him ...

No, it’s not Jaws, but a massive Great White shark has been pinged off the coast of Georgia and Florida. Research group ...

Human-made structures act as artificial reefs, luring plankton and, in turn, Earth’s largest fish. That could put whale sharks at risk of ship strikes.

This is true for all sharks, from the formidable great white to the gentle giant the whale shark. Shark skeletons don’t include any bones at all. But their jaws, spinal column and the cartilage ...

A terrifying moment for a female diver off the coast of Cebu, Philippines. A young whale shark rammed her from behind. The sea giant is harmless to humans, but it still caused quite a fright.