This week at the Oceanarium, several people asked about a strange animal they saw off of Hampton Beach. They weren’t sure if it was a whale or a shark. After a little discussion, we determined what ...

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Sharks have a reputation for being some of the most fearsome predators in the ocean. The sight of a great white’s gaping maw has haunted many nightmares. However, there are some shark species that are ...

Recently, we dove deep on the world’s smallest shark (the dwarf lanternshark) and now we’re swinging to the other end of the shark size spectrum to look at the world’s largest fish. The whale shark is ...