Last year, I finally crossed swimming with the whale sharks off my bucket list on this whale shark swim off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico. As I live in Mexico, and Mexico is one of the few ...

Once in the water, directions were coming from him and our tour guide Ivette fast and furious, and in Spanish. “Don’t touch ...

Swim with the beautiful whale shark at these tropical destinations and choose from a plethora of ethical excursions on your next visit.

Spotted off the coast of Mexico’s Guadalupe Island, Deep Blue seems remarkably unbothered as she floats past some divers, two of whom are inside a relatively flimsy-looking cage, but one who seems ...

Their appearance just offshore is as steady as clockwork. Today researcher Dení Ramírez Macías of Whale Shark Mexico calculates that whale shark tourism brings an estimated $1.3 million to the ...

Of all the egg-producing sharks, whale sharks produce the largest eggs. The biggest whale shark egg ever recorded was found in the Gulf of Mexico in 1953 – it was more than 30 centimetres long and ...

Baby whale sharks remain one of the biggest mysteries in marine science, but new research suggests their birthplaces may be ...

La Paz, Mexico, is paradise for surfers and divers, and a veritable heaven for anyone who just loves chilling on the beach between seafood lunch and a beer. The surrounding region is hallowed ...

Largest egg in the world: An egg case of the whale shark found in the Gulf of Mexico measured 12 by 5.5 by 3.5 inches. Most travelled shark: A blue shark (Prionace glauca) tagged off New York was ...