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This story appears in the October 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... scientists know very little about Rhincodon typus—the whale shark. The behemoths are indeed sharks: They breathe ...

Whale sharks, in fact, are the world’s largest fish, according to a National Geographic article. Whale sharks are listed as endangered worldwide, with an estimated decline of more than 50 ...

“It was raining whale shark,” Ayres tells National Geographic’s Brianna Randall, after seeing the action up close. First, the orcas rammed into the whale shark to immobilize it, then they ...

This location is the only known one where juveniles gather and the only one where whale sharks are regularly documented feeding at night. Thomas is a National Geographic Photographer and Explorer.