Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The largest shark alive is a whale shark, according to the Smithsonian. It is also considered the largest fish in the ...

Certain species are rebounding in some areas, like the Gulf of Mexico, and this July, a team of Gulf-Coast fishermen competing in a tournament weighed the heaviest bull shark ever recorded in Alabama.

The shark’s name honors the Contender Boats that OCEARCH uses for their fieldwork. He was tagged approximately 40 miles off ...

Researchers are tracking what is believed to be the largest shark ever tagged by OCEARCH in the southwest Atlantic, with its last pings off Florida’s east coast. The white shark, named Contender ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing r.white@newsweek.com Scientists have been on a mission to find the world's biggest hammerhead shark. The National Geographic ...

The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But there's debate over what it looked like. Most scientists have described it as ...

Even with over 536 species of these oceanic apex predators, there is one shark that beats all others in terms of its size. The largest shark alive is a whale shark, according to the Smithsonian.

OCEARCH researchers are tracking what might be the largest male white shark ever tagged, with recent signals coming from Florida's east coast. The shark, named Contender, was tagged off the ...

Whale sharks are filter-feeding sharks, meaning as they swim, a whale shark's mouth will filter seawater for food through the gill slits. The largest shark alive is a whale shark and is also ...