Whale sharks are the largest species of shark. Their gentle manner and massive size make them the gentle giants of the ocean. However, one especially large whale shark has been spotted off the Pacific ...

Explore Carcharhiniformes, the largest order of sharks, and discover the features, habitats and behaviours of some of its ...

From a shark that extends its jaws like a slingshot to a gentle giant the size of a school bus, the Lamniform order packs more variety into a single group than most people realize. These ancient ...

Shark orders include highly specialised species such as sawsharks, angel sharks and bullhead sharks.

For more than one hundred million years, giant sharks have flicked their massive tails throughout Earth’s oceans. Some of these immense fishes have been filter-feeders, such as today’s whale, basking ...