Whale sharks (in Vietnamese: Ca Ong, literally “Sir Fish”), have been in the headlines quite a bit lately. Here’s a roundup: WA WS, OK? A whale shark was seen far from home back in January; it was around Perth, the capital of Western Australia. Now WA is home to probably the best characterised whale shark . . . → Read More: Sir Fish grabbing headlines, but it’s not all good
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By para_sight, on  February 22nd, 2012  3 comments  Biodiversity, Carnivals & Link Love, Fishing, Megavertebrate  Elasmobranchia, whale shark By para_sight, on July 13th, 2011 4 comments Conservation & Environment, Expeditions, Megavertebrate, New Research Caribbean, Georgia Aquarium, georgia tech, Mexico, mote, Smithsonian, whale shark It’s getting to that time of year again. It’s hot here in Atlanta, and really hot down in Mexico, where, in between the tropical storms and occasional hurricanes, dog days are settling over the Yucatan Peninsula. It’s also the time when whale sharks begin to gather in big numbers off the coast, not far from Cancun. . . . → Read More: Spotting the difference between whale sharks
By para_sight, on May 28th, 2011 4 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Ecology, Mating & Reproduction, Megavertebrate, New Research, Open Access Genetics, Reproduction, whale shark Jenny Schmidt from U. Illinois and her co-authors have uncovered a fascinating nugget of biology of the whale shark in a recent (and Open Access – w00t!) paper in Endangered Species Research. In it, they continue the analysis of embryos collected from a heavily pregnant female first reported by Joung et al. (1996) in a . . . → Read More: Who’s your daddy?
By para_sight, on April 29th, 2011 14 comments Megavertebrate, New Research, Open Access, Uncategorized Caribbean, Georgia Aquarium, Mexico, Project Domino, whale shark 
*Ed. Note: Al’s post was selected by the staff at PLoS One as the April Blog Pick of the Month! Awesome Job Al! – KAZ (Oh boy, have I been looking forward to writing this post! This one is 2 years in the making) Like a lot of biologists, I get to see some really . . . → Read More: Inside the Outside
By para_sight, on March 28th, 2011 6 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Fish, Megavertebrate, Uncategorized whale shark 
Majestic, no? Hi there DSN readers, nice to meet ya. I want to introduce you to a friend of mine. He’s a little on the big side, but as gentle as they come, unless you happen to be a krill, in which case he. is. the. Holocaust. It’s the whale shark of which I speak. . . . → Read More: What’s black and white and studied all over?
By Dr. M, on September 26th, 2010 3 comments Megavertebrate, Oil Spills Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill, whale shark Research findings indicate that the oil spill off the coast of Mexico may be endangering the lives of these animals. Biologist Eric Hoffmayer, who studies whale sharks at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory said that “This spill’s impact came at the worst possible time and in the worst possible location for . . . → Read More: Is Gulf oil killing whale sharks?
By Dr. M, on July 17th, 2009 12 comments Biodiversity, Fish, Megavertebrate, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Aquarium, Japan, manta ray, Okinawa Churaumi, whale shark All the news on the Earth's largest environment. By Kevin Zelnio, on February 22nd, 2009 6 comments Fish, Megavertebrate Chondrichthys, National Geographic, shark, Spawning, whale shark While the announcer’s voice usually annoys me, I found this clip to be particularly interesting. They actually get into a nice little sidebar about the natural history of the fish that produce the eggs whale sharks like to eat. One thing I’ve always wanted to know is, why do they have the pattern of of . . . → Read More: Whale Shark Wine and Dine
By Peter Etnoyer, on July 31st, 2008 3 comments Megavertebrate conservation, manta ray, marine, Mozambique, ocean, scuba, sustainable ecotourism, whale shark . . . → Read More: Mozambique’s ocean ambassadors
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