Conservation of whale sharks is fraught with challenges, including targeted hunting, accidental entanglement in fishing nets and changing sea temperatures. However, what ranks way above these ...

A new study reveals how a group of killer whales is able to hunt whale sharks, adding to a growing body of research showing how the whales use intelligence and coordination in impressive ways. Killer ...

Whale sharks, already listed as endangered, face an array of human-induced threats such as fishing bycatch, vessel strikes, and habitat degradation among them. Pollution adds another, more insidious ...

On a calm morning in May, Brianna Beaulieu, a doctoral student in marine biology at the University of Western Australia, and several researchers from around the world boarded two research vessels ...