The humpback whale that washed up on Long Beach this week was frequently spotted in Big Apple waters this summer. Christopher St. Lawrence/Gotham Whale “We did have this whale super active on ...

With its cartilaginous body and cold blood, the whale shark is decidedly not a whale. But this shark is about as long as a humpback and just as gentle. So gentle, in fact, that tours to dive with ...

In rare video footage, a male whale shark has been spotted biting at his female partner during courtship. Before now, we knew very little about the secret sex lives of the world's largest fish ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the biggest fish on the planet, with some clocking in at 60 feet long. Now, for the first time, we might have some clues to how these endangered gentle giants mate.

A sprawl of now-unidentifiable machines used in what was once the world’s only on-land and biggest whale abattoir face a similar fate. Dead penguins and a lone departed seal are dotted across ...