Although the whale shark Rhincodon typus is the largest extant fish, it was not described
until 1828 and by 1986 there were only 320 records of this species. Since then, growth in …

In the 160 years since Andrew Smith described the whale shark in 1828, two people
devoted much of their scientific lives to whale sharks. This period of research mainly …

It is important to understand the ages, growth characteristics, maturation processes, and
longevity of fishes to assess their current population status and to predict how their …

Sharks and their relatives, the rays and chimaeras, are the diverse group of cartilaginous
fishes that have evolved over 400 million years. Historically considered of low economic …

" Ebert has herein assembled an enormous body of knowledge about California's 43 shark
species ranging from shark and human behavior to taxonomic minutiae, along with up-to …

We used satellite-linked radio telemetry to document the geographic and vertical
movements and thermal habitats of whale sharks in the Sea of Cortez and as they migrated …

Capture-mark-recapture (CMR) data from Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP) in Western Australia
have recently been used to study the population dynamics of the local whale shark …

Sharks segregate by sex and size, but few studies have attempted to explain such
behaviors. To address this, we examined aggregations and the foraging ecology of whale …

Ten years have passed since the last synopsis of whale shark Rhincodon typus
biogeography. While a recent review of the species' biology and ecology summarized the …

Between 1995 and 1997, 360 observations of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef revealed that
approximately 85% were males (4–12m TL). Based on the external morphology of claspers …