Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Márquez is a marine scientist and science communicator Sharks and rays are not just charismatic ocean creatures that grace the ...

A juvenile whale shark swam from Madagascar to Seychelles, marking the first confirmed movement between the two nations.

A new study has mapped whale shark stranding hotspots in Indonesian waters over the past decade and linked their occurrence to oceanographic dynamics, providing a scientific basis for targeted, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Countless whale sharks are losing fins, being scraped and suffering other injuries due to human presence in oceans, research in ...

Whale sharks, the largest living fish species, are classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Over the past 75 years, populations have declined by more than 50% worldwide, ...

While in Monterey Bay, a basking shark was seen whale watching. Photo courtesy of Cheryl Butner for Virginia Tech. One-third of shark species are at risk of extinction, yet scientists still lack basic ...

The road to hell is paved with … more roads. That seems to be the message of one of this year’s most striking conservation papers. The research, published this April in the journal Current Biology, ...

A new study has identified whale shark stranding hotspots in Indonesia and linked them to seasonal ocean conditions, offering scientists a clearer picture of when and where risks are highest. The ...