International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessments reveal growing human pressures on whale sharks, (Rhincodon typus), are putting them at an increasing risk of extinction. Whale sharks are listed as Endangered…
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The Philippines host the second-largest known aggregation of whale sharks in the world. Donsol, the first and longest-running whale shark ecotourism destination in the Philippines, has become known as the “Whale Shark Capital of the World.”…
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Because a whale shark has relatively small eyes it was assumed that it relied less on vision than its other senses…
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On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 , the whale shark, giant oceanic manta ray and the reef manta ray were added to Taiwan's list of protected species…
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