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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Researchers have recently witnessed behavior in the wild that could offer critical clues about how the endangered whale shark ...