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 Pacific ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Far below the ocean’s surface lies a dark, freezing world that few humans have ever seen. In these extreme depths, some of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease.

The biggest great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic has resurfaced just off the coast of Canada – where he is plumping up on seals ahead of winter. Contender, a 14-foot beast, was tagged in ...

The largest great white shark tagged, sampled and released by OCEARCH, a nonprofit organization that studies sharks, sent in a "rare ping" for the first time since July. Researchers at OCEARCH ...

You probably wouldn't want to get close to the live version of the prehistoric shark that's part of a new exhibit at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh ...

Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller "Jaws" was not only the first summer blockbuster movie, but it also scared people out of ...