Whale sharks are as harmless as they are imposing, preferring plankton to people. But with the Georgia Aquarium launching its “Swim With Gentle Giants” program this month -- allowing a dozen ...

ATLANTA — Losing one whale shark may have seemed a misfortune. But when another of the rare fish at the Georgia Aquarium died Wednesday, there was talk of carelessness: It was, in short, a ...

ATLANTA, June 13 -- For the second time in less than six months, a whale shark at the Georgia Aquarium, the only facility outside Asia to display the rare fish, has died.

Alice, the whale shark who has been at the Georgia Aquarium since 2006, has died. Aquarium veterinarians noticed changes in her behavior and bloodwork this month.

The Georgia Aquarium’s largest female whale shark died Friday. The massive mammal, named Trixie, was one of the first whale sharks that arrived at the Atlanta facility in 2006, the aquar… ...

The Georgia Aquarium is home to four whale sharks. Visitors can float beside them all.

Whale sharks are the largest fish on the planet; the average whale shark is between 18 and 40 feet long, though the Georgia Aquarium says the largest whale shark observed was 61.7 feet long. Most ...

Cameron Perry, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, has been working with colleagues on the island to attach camera tags to investigate what the whale sharks are doing, but ...

ABC News' Ginger Zee reported live on "GMA" alongside sharks.

Jun. 28—The Georgia Aquarium is mourning the death of female whale shark Alice, who died Sunday. The aquarium posted a message on Instagram Monday afternoon about the death of Alice, who had ...

ATLANTA — The largest female whale shark at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta has died. Trixie, who had been at the aquarium since 2006, died Friday, the aquarium said in a statement on its ...

Cameron Perry, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium, has been working with colleagues to attach camera tags to investigate what the whale sharks are doing. Scientists don't know where they ...