A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

If there’s anywhere Team Lemon (formerly Team Mako) and Team Great White may find common ground, it’s megalodon speed. Rather ...

The whale is dead. Its corpse has been drifting ... According to the IUCN, or the International Union for Conservation of ...

While the whale shark is certainly a big animal, it’s considerably smaller than the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, which is the biggest animal in the world. The largest blue whale ever recorded ...

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth. Blue whales are largest of all baleen whales and are found worldwide. They have a long slender body with a proportionally ...

Since the whale shark is a filter feeder, the divers were not at risk of being eaten A giant whale shark looked ready to snack on a pair of amazed divers off the coast of Tubbataha, Philippines.

MR. GERRIT S. MILLER'S paper, “Some o'¦'o¦ hitherto unpublished photographs and measurements of the Blue Whale” (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 66, pp. 1-4, Pis. i ...

It also likely weighed an estimated 94 tons, comparable to a large blue whale, but with a body designed for energy-efficient ...

Few divers would give up the chance to swim with the two largest fish in the sea—whale sharks and basking sharks. Here's ...