A sucking sound off the starboard side, like water draining ... size of a whale shark can be intimidating, but their grace is pure beauty. To see a whale shark is one thing, but to swim next ...

Despite this distinctive profile, scientists know very little about Rhincodon typus—the whale ... shark species that filter feed, as baleen whales do, swimming slowly through plankton-rich water ...

A sperm whale ... shark risks. The largest toothed whale in the world, sperm whales are deep sea feeders and rarely spotted near shore. Authorities were alarmed to find the whale swimming ...

Hanifaru is one of the only places in the world where so many mantas and whale sharks aggregate in such unusually high numbers. Recent reviewers said it was a dream come true to swim with mantas ...

Whale sharks are filter-feeders, meaning they eat by sifting small fish, shrimp, and other organisms from the water; this method ... As whale sharks swim through polluted waters, they can ingest ...

It was attracted to the area off Oahu's south shore by the carcass of a dead sperm whale. One of the ... pregnant great white sharks were the safest to swim near but cautioned against swimming ...