Whale sharks, already listed as endangered, face an array of human-induced threats such as fishing bycatch, vessel strikes, and habitat degradation among them. Pollution adds another, more insidious ...

Aggregation sites like Al Shaheen are relatively small and predictable, making them vulnerable to human impacts. Overfishing, habitat disturbance, or changes in spawning behavior could disrupt this ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - The University of Southern Mississippi’s Center for Fisheries Research and Development is asking for the public’s help in tracking the whale shark. If the name sounds ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest fish in the world and are endangered but are hard to study because they’re largely solitary creatures that roam great distances. There are only about 30 ...

Once hunted and butchered for oil and meat, whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are now being rescued by fishers along India’s western Arabian Sea coast. Since 2001, the nonprofit Wildlife Trust of India ...