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 ...

Perry likens sharks to the white blood cells of the ecosystems in which they live, as they help prevent the spread of disease ...

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.

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 ...

Together, alongside the aquarium’s two whale sharks, manta rays, squadrons of stingrays, a goliath grouper and more than 50 species of fish, Santa and his elf swim around Ocean Voyager, a 100 ...

ATLANTA -- The whale sharks are kings of the 6-million-gallon tank, their presence palpable even before they emerge from the murky darkness like massive star cruisers in a science fiction ...

Saturday marks 19 years since the Georgia Aquarium first opened in downtown Atlanta in 2005. Since then, more than 40 million people have paid a visit to the largest aquarium in the United States ...

Whale sharks typically measure from 12 to 18 meters (39 to 59 feet), weigh up to 14 tons and are plankton eaters; ... Cameron Perry, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, ...

A 1-year-old North Atlantic right whale that was spotted several times in Cape Cod Bay last spring has died, while sharks have been scavenging the whale carcass.. New England Aquarium scientists ...

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 ...

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 ...