At Ningaloo Reef, researchers conducted field expeditions which involved spotting the whale sharks by plane and then directing a boat towards the sighting. The boat team then entered the water to take ...
Whale sharks are very well studied, but their sex lives are a bit of a mystery. The courtship rituals they practice might be a little more understood now.
Oregon State Parks' Whale Watch Week wrapped up just before the new year. The winter migration lasts for a few more weeks for an estimated 19,000 gray whales.