The largest shark alive is a whale shark, according to the Smithsonian. It is also considered the largest fish in the world, says the Natural History Museum. Whale sharks can reach 60 feet in ...

But at a little over six metres long, this fictional man-eating monster is small fry when compared to the world's largest shark. Sharks are a group of fish with skeletons made from cartilage instead ...

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 ...

As one of the largest predators to have ever lived, megalodon captures people's imagination - and for good reason. But was this apex predator simply a beefed-up great white shark, and is it still ...

At first glance, the world’s second largest fish might seem menacing ... hooked teeth. The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea ...

They are on a boat dock, hands coated with the innards of a yellowfin tuna, when Konini Rongo and Bella Smith learn that they live in one of the world’s largest shark sanctuaries. In 2012 the ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the biggest fish on the planet ... a boat pilot alerted the team to the location of a female whale shark that was about 22 feet long. Shortly after, an adult ...