A friendly baby whale shark delighted divers when it swam up to them during a trip. The juvenile marine animal spanning 13ft (4 metres) emerged from the water near the boat carrying 17 tourists for a ...

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Dr. Reynolds believes the whale sharks can be saved. "I want to make sure that we protect and conserve them so that they ...

Move over, bowhead whales! Scientists have discovered a new longevity champion: the Greenland shark. Using a technique ...

Smaller pygmy sperm whales live in the ocean around South Carolina all year round, but other species pass through the Myrtle Beach area seasonally.

Nosy Be is famous for swimming with gentle whale sharks, the largest fish in the sea, and offers excellent snorkeling and scuba diving. The area is also home to Omura’s Whale, with the largest pod ...

Madeira archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean offers one of the most spectacular whale-watching experiences in Europe. Located at the crossroads of important marine migration routes, Madeira's subtropical ...

A 61-year-old surfer in Hawaii managed to begin swimming toward shore after a shark bit off a portion of his leg near a beach on Maui, witnesses and authorities say. The shark attack happened ...

A surfer lost part of his leg after being bitten by a shark in Hawaii, authorities say. At about 7 a.m. on Nov. 1, a 61-year-old man was surfing at Waiehu Beach Park when he was attacked by a ...

A 61-year-old surfer in Hawaii had his leg severed when he was bitten in a shark attack in the waters off Maui on Friday morning, authorities said. The man, whose name was not released publicly ...

A shark bit a Maui surfer Friday and severed his leg, authorities said. The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning when a shark bit him. Police officers who arrived to the scene ...