Previously, fishers in the area had reported this behavior of the sexually mature males swimming towards females at different aggregation sites. Whale sharks typically gather around Ningaloo Reef ...
Although whale sharks are very well studied, their sex lives have been a bit of a mystery. But the courtship rituals they practice might be a little more understood after researchers saw a male and a ...
Where do whale sharks mate? The search to learn where the magic happens for the world's biggest fish
JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (AP) — Whale sharks shouldn't be hard for scientists to find. They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived. They are ...
Three leopard sharks made history. Off the coral-rich shores of New Caledonia, in the blue quiet of Abore Reef, they showcased an unprecedented sexual behavior. Dr. Hugo Lassauce, a marine biologist ...
A study, published in the Environmental Biology of Fishes on Dec. 4, has revealed that male sharks embrace their romantic partners by diving their teeth into a fin to begin fornication. Footage, ...
(CNN) — Endangered leopard sharks have been observed mating in the wild for the first time, with scientists witnessing a “threesome” involving two males and a female. The encounter was filmed by Hugo ...
"On 31 July 2023, two blue sharks were observed in the Bermeo canyon at 400–600 m depth (8 km offshore). A male erratically followed a female and delivered a courtship bite. The total duration of the ...
WASHINGTON — Some species of shark return to the same breeding grounds for decades at a time, and live longer than previously thought, scientists studying the animals off Florida say. Scientists with ...
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