A shark has leapt from the water and bit off the head of a stranded whale in New Zealand while a beachgoer was trying to send it back out to sea. A mother pygmy sperm whale and its calf stranded ...

A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after she was attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark ...

The orcas have been spotted in the Gulf of California hunting whale sharks - which grow up to 18 meters (59 ft) long - in "coordinated" attacks. Researchers believe the black and white apex ...

Yes, it really happened, but it’s not a shark. In fact, it’s a freshwater giant: Sturgeon.” Adult sturgeon are toothless bottom feeders and not considered dangerous to humans in the wild.

A diver swam alongside a whale shark off the coast of Bohol in the Philippines and got herself filmed. Then another sea giant ...

These sharks are ovoviparous (born live from an egg). Largest Shark: The whale shark (Rhincodon typus ... Worldwide shark attack rate: Less than 100 a year, with only 25 to 30 fatalities.

A terrifying moment for a female diver off the coast of Cebu, Philippines. A young whale shark rammed her from behind. The sea giant is harmless to humans, but it still caused quite a fright.

The giant fish is hard to study in part because it is hard to find and track. By tagging individual specimens, scientists have learned that whale sharks can log thousands of miles in years-long trips.

which makes them similar in length to the biggest whale sharks. For comparison, the Museum's giant squid Archie measures in at 8.62 metres long. Despite their enormous size, whale sharks eat tiny ...