Over the last 20 years, whale sharks have made a spectacular increase in popularity with the general public. As more places become tourist friendly, the Gentle Giant is being sighted more often than ever before. However, it the largest fish in the sea is still a … Read More    

Over the past several years, Taiwan has made great strides in implementing laws banning the fishing and finning of whale sharks. This year, however, this small country is trying to capture more sharks in order to put them on display in public aquariums. The controversy has brought world wide concern. … Read More    

What they wanted to know was how the organization of whale shark brains compared to the brains of other shark species for which scientists had previously obtained neuroanatomical data. Would the brains of two species be more similar if they shared a recent evolutionary ancestor, and were therefore more genetically … Read More    

The whale sharks were taken from Taiwan. They were apparently on the slaughter list and if this is the case then they were indeed saved from a gruesome death. If you think about the mechanices involved in getting a whale shark from Taiwan all the way to Atlanta, Georgia you … Read More    

The Ningaloo super-population of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) has been shown to part of a wider Indian Ocean whale shark stock that is likely to encompass much of the south eastern Indian Ocean and the waters of South East Asia. While whale shark sightings are on the rise at … Read More