The whale shark is the largest shark and fish in the world. It can grow up to 18.8 metres (62 feet). It has a broad, flat head and a huge mouth. Whale sharks are filter feeders. They eat tiny plankton ...

Sharks Can Smell a Drop of Blood from Miles Away The most persistent shark myth floating around is that these predators can ...

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New research has confirmed that West Coast transient killer whales who live between British Columbia and California are two ...

Researchers discovered a prehistoric ecosystem filled with giant marine reptiles, revealing an unparalleled level of food web complexity. Predators that dominated the oceans 130 million years ago were ...

Orcas in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico have been spotted hunting young great white sharks by flipping them ...

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

A shark-hunting pod of orcas was seen flipping their rival apex predators upside-down to paralyze them before feasting.

A shark-hunting pod of orcas was seen flipping their rival apex predators upside-down to paralyze them before feasting.

The 8cm long and 4.5cm wide object was spotted on North Shore Beach, across the Hastings River from the main Port Macquarie town centre, on Thursday morning last week by local Kylie Keain. The ...

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a wooly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...