But what is the biggest shark in the world? So what fish can even compete in size with ... for if someone is going to be attacked by a shark, it will most likely be a great white.

The largest shark alive is a whale shark, according to the Smithsonian. It is also considered the largest fish in the world, says the Natural History Museum. Whale sharks can reach 60 feet in ...

The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is the largest fish in the world. It is found in tropical and temperate ... Many grow larger than this - with most of those measured coming in at around 12 metres.

megalodon was not only the biggest shark in the world, but one of the largest fish ever to ... Emma explains, 'With its large serrated teeth megalodon would have eaten meat - most likely whales and ...

In rare video footage, a male whale shark has been spotted biting at his female partner during courtship. Before now, we knew very little about the secret sex lives of the world's largest fish ...

With its cartilaginous body and cold blood, the whale shark is decidedly not a whale. But this shark is about as long as a ...

At first glance, the world’s second ... protect basking sharks from fishing. Basking sharks are now one of the most highly protected sharks in European waters. A parasitic fish called a lamprey ...

Steve Backshall meets the most colossal shark in our seas. Measuring up to a record 18 metres, the whale shark is not only the largest shark, but the largest fish in the world.

SOMMER: It showed them hunting a whale shark. (SOUNDBITE OF WHALE SHARK BREATHING) SOMMER: Whale sharks are the largest fish species on ... seemed to be eating the most prized part - the liver.

The angel shark does not want to be found ... also the abundance and body sizes of different reef fish at thousands of sites around the world, has provided marine managers with crucial baseline ...

Their new target is whale sharks, the world's largest fish species. According to CNN ... Another study author, marine biologist Erick Higuera, told NPR that he was most surprised to find that orcas ...

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the biggest fish on the planet, with some clocking in at 60 feet long. Now, for the first time, we might have some clues to how these endangered gentle giants mate.