The biggest animal in the world may be the blue whale, but researchers in 2024 determined that the biggest intertwined ...

Every whale shark has its own unique spot pattern ... Then there’s the shape—sleek and angular, save for the cephalic fins ...

Two North Atlantic Right Whales Entangled in Fishing Gear Off Nantucket, One “Likely to Die” Oceana demands that the U.S. and ...

The accompanying Instagram post by Mark Girardeau highlights “the tragedy of yet another human-created problem” in the form of a commercial fishing rope running through the whale’s mouth ...

Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of California are hunting whale sharks using a highly specialized set of strategies to attack them.

Killer whales off Mexico have developed coordinated hunting skills to take down whale sharks, adding to their reputation as the ocean's top predator. Orcas are hunting whale sharks. Is there ...

And one day, he was sent a tourist video of the whales. ERICK HIGUERA: They were very smart. And when we saw the video, we got excited. SOMMER: It showed them hunting a whale shark. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

And when we saw the video, we got excited. SOMMER: It showed them hunting a whale shark. (SOUNDBITE OF WHALE SHARK BREATHING) SOMMER: Whale sharks are the largest fish species on the planet ...