TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, Philippines — Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado has banned all kinds of interactions with whale sharks, locally known as “balilan,” especially feeding, in the ...

(1st UPDATE) Bohol Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado's Executive Order No. 10-2025 considers the harmful effects of whale shark interaction activities on biodiversity CEBU, Philippines – Bohol ...

The Wildlife Trust of India’s “Pan India Whale Shark Project” has rescued and released 1,001 whale sharks that were accidentally entangled in fishing nets, which the agency says is a ...

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as ... [+] artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory ...

Activities with "butandings" or whale sharks in the Province of Bohol are ordered stopped by the Provincial Government. Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado issued an executive order on February 3, 2025 ...

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and canyons as well as artificial features like offshore oil and gas platforms, with both acting as migratory "stepping ...

Scientists said the presence of killer whale DNA on the great white shark was the result of a "true predation event" with multiple other tests ruling out contamination from the marine environment.

A fisherman was surprised by a whale shark whilst out on the water on his jetski. Video / Supplied An Auckland man had the encounter of a lifetime when a 5m-long creature swam around and under his ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Whale sharks usually swim in tropical or subtropical seas, making them a rare sight in the normally crisper waters off the NSW South ...

DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass of a large white shark washed ashore near ...

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale fatally assaulted the over-15-foot-long shark, then proceeded to devour its ...

Darren Vernon told the Herald he was fishing on a jet ski in Northland’s Doubtless Bay on Christmas Eve when he saw a whale shark move in the water ahead of him. “It was cruising along so ...