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They could have missed the massive visitor in a matter of seconds.

This breathtaking underwater footage filmed by William Drumm, an underwater photographer from the USA, captures the moment a ...

Divers sprang into action after discovering a whale shark entangled in a thick rope during a dive excursion in the Maldives in December 2019. The remarkable footage was captured near the island of ...

A boat trip off South Korea's Jeju Island turned memorable for passengers and fishers when an endangered whale shark circled the vessel. According to Korea JoongAng Daily, the ani ...

A fishing boat reported sighting a whale shark in the waters near Jeju, Wednesday. A video uploaded to fishing vessel Seungryong-ho's social ...

Beyond Doha’s skyscrapers and museums lies one of the Gulf’s most extraordinary wildlife spectacles. Here’s why hundreds of whale sharks gather off Qatar’s coast every summer and how travellers can ...

Ireland's waters continue to provide an important seasonal refuge for the endangered basking shark, according to a new study.

An 18-year-old tuna fisherman off North Carolina just had the kind of ocean encounter most people only see in documentaries. On a Sunday trip with his father, Charles Gaddy realiz ...

Sharks kill a handful of people each year, yet the ocean's most feared predators face threats so severe that the real danger might surprise you. Before you write off these creatures as monsters, ...

Among the species found in Sabah waters are whitetip reef sharks, which shelter in coral caves and crevices, and grey reef ...

Photo/Xinhua] HAIKOU — "A whale is stranded in the shallows and in critical condition!" This distress call had barely come ...