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.

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 ...

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 ...

AP PhotoOne of two new whale sharks swims in the Ocean Voyager exhibit today at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Two large trucks with police escorts flashing their lights rumbled up to the world ...

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 ...

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 ...