A whale watching tour was surprised with what organizers called a “once-in-a-lifetime” shark sighting on Friday afternoon off the coast of Newport Beach. According to Davey’s Locker Whale Watching, ...

Climate change may also affect plankton numbers. As a slow-growing species that produces very few young, basking sharks are particularly vulnerable to extinction, which is why the animal is listed ...

Over the course of their lives (which can last more than 100 years), whale sharks travel distances that can exceed the circumference of Earth.

Plankton are a collection of tiny organisms ... in turn become food for top ocean predators like sharks. Ocean acidification, caused by excess carbon dioxide dissolving in seawater, poses a ...

Most exciting recent discovery of an unknown shark: In 1976 and 1984, respectively, two specimens of a 15-foot-long, plankton-feeding shark were caught in the Pacific. These are the only two ...

They grow up to 5.5m (18ft) in length. They aren't much of a threat though: They eat plankton and only swim at about 2mph. 9. Megalodon: OK, so this shark became extinct 2.6 million years ago ...

including the exclusive peek above at the basking shark. This big-mouthed, plankton-eating shark is the second-largest living shark species in the world, growing to be up to 45 feet long.

They may not look as impressive as whales or sharks, but they are responsible for much of the food that we eat and even the air that we breathe. Plankton include lots of different kinds of living ...

According to Metro, whale sharks are filter feeders and won't eat any humans they encounter. They feed only on plankton and very small fish. "Tubbataha is a magical place and is basically a wide ...