The 39-foot gray whale carcass was discovered floating off Marina del Rey on Saturday with most of its head missing.

Filter-feeding sharks include whale sharks, megamouth sharks and basking sharks. These species have teeth, but they are largely vestigial - meaning they once served a purpose but over time the animal ...

Despite having about 3,000 tiny teeth, whale sharks use their expansive mouths to filter feed, consuming plankton and small ...

Because sharks shed their teeth throughout their lifetimes and leave bite marks on escaped prey, it would be easy for us to detect the presence of an enormous whale-hunting shark even if the shark ...

The only part of their skeleton not made from this soft, flexible tissue is their teeth. The group includes the more famous animals such as whale sharks and great whites, but also all rays, skates and ...

Researchers in WA's north have observed a mature male whale shark biting the tail of a juvenile female on an annual expedition. It is believed to be the first time a pre-mating ritual for the ...

Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale ...

“The whale shark has the smallest brain compared to ... big fish that is very slow compared with other sharks. It has tiny, tiny teeth that it doesn’t use as a defense mechanism,” Pancaldi ...