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It was a whale of a fail. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the water park: A Chinese aquarium was ripped by angry fans after its much-hyped giant shark was revealed to be a robot.

“To this day we haven’t seen successful copulation, but it is proof (whale sharks) are in our waters trying out these behaviors.” Cameron Perry, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium ...

When two male whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium died within several months of each other in 2007, scientists traveled to Atlanta to observe the necropsies. Analysis of the bodies helped ...

NANAO, Ishikawa Prefecture—A whale shark died at an aquarium here after the water quality in its tank deteriorated due to damage caused by the enormous earthquake on New Year’s Day. The male ...

Cameron Perry, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, has been working with colleagues on the island to attach camera tags to investigate what the whale sharks are doing ...