Behavior The Voyages of The Largest Fish in the World Georgia Aquarium's whale sharks can teach scientists a lot about the gigantic creature's fascinating behavior.
Human impacts Industrialized shipping (literally) impacts whale sharks The world’s largest fish suffered a mysterious decline. Researchers embarked on a global tracking project to find out why. Reference:…
Conservation The Regenerative Power of Whale Sharks How fast can a whale shark heal from a wound? For the first time, researchers look deeper at the healing…
Biology How scientists use our nuclear past to understand whale shark life history To properly conserve and manage species, scientists need to understand how they live, grow, and age. But even figuring that…
Sharkbites Saturday Citizen Science and Undersea Stars: The Value of Photographs to Global Megafauna Biology Check out this article about how tourist pictures of whale sharks are helping scientists learn about whale shark populations around…
Biology Genetics genomics Methodology Exciting strides for eDNA: Insights into whale shark population genetics In the past few decades scientists have found new and exciting ways to use DNA to answer scientific questions. There…