The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), the world’s largest living fish, is a cosmopolitan tropical
and warm temperate species. Genetic results indicate that two major subpopulations exist, …

Although the whale shark Rhincodon typus is the largest extant fish, it was not described
until 1828 and by 1986 there were only 320 records of this species. Since then, growth in …

… typus migratory behaviour is central to its conservation management considering the …
typus are part of a single, global meta-population. Rhincodon typus occurrence timings and …

Behavioural ecology of whale sharks is very incompletely known. Recent rapid development
of whale shark-based ecotourism at several widespread localities risks deleterious impacts …

… To assess the population structure of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), we sequenced
complete mitochondrial DNA control regions from individuals collected across a global distribution…

In the 160 years since Andrew Smith described the whale shark in 1828, two people devoted
much of their scientific lives to whale sharks. This period of research mainly comprised …

… We describe a novel technique for identifying individual whale sharks Rhincodon typus
through numerical pattern matching of their natural surface ‘spot’ colourations. Together with …

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus Smith) aggregate seasonally (March–June) to feed in coastal
waters off Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Pop-up archival tags were attached to 19 …

We used photo-identification to produce estimates of population size and structure of whale
sharks Rhincodon typus at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. We analysed photographs of …

This study confirms reports by fishermen of a large and predictable aggregation of whale
sharks Rhincodon typus along the Belize Barrier Reef. Although whale sharks are rarely …