The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks are twice that size, stretching a staggering 60 feet from tip to tail.

Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the ...

The seascape is well known for its diversity and is estimated to contain three-quarters of the world’s coral species along ...

Whale sharks, the largest living fish species, are classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Over ...

Whale sharks are the largest fish on the planet; the average whale shark is between 18 and 40 feet long, though the Georgia Aquarium says the largest whale shark observed was 61.7 feet long. Most ...

International Whale Shark Day 2025 highlights the beauty and importance of whale sharks. Discover amazing facts about these gentle giants of the ocean.

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (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 ...

Scientists say that simple interventions could "greatly lessen" that burden on the local population of the "gentle giants".

A whale shark at one of the largest aquariums in the world has died, officials say. Taroko, the Georgia Aquarium’s male whale ...

The beloved whale shark was rescued at a seafood market and brought to the facility from Taiwan in 2007, along with another ...

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (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 ...

JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (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 ...