The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...

Engineers and technicians carefully inspected all sides of the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) spacecraft before its launch in 2024.

The 'Jaws' shark was 20 feet long in the book and 25 feet long in the movie. Could a shark this big be swimming off Georgia's ...

A Record-Breaking Sighting. The recent discovery of the 60-foot whale shark in Pacific waters is a landmark event in marine biology. Whale sharks typically measure between 18 and 33 feet, with the ...

One possibility is that tiny plankton — smaller even than the ones the scientists ... “The lake is still visible to 60 feet of clarity — it’s incredibly clear, and that’s something that we’ve managed ...

As temperatures soar and New Englanders hit the beach, officials are warning swimmers to watch out for massive jellyfish that ...

Over the past 20 years, the clarity — widely considered a measure of the lake’s overall health — has moved up and down by a ...

Length: Up to 20 feet long Weight: Over 5,500 pounds Great whites are probably the most feared sharks in the world, thanks to the 1975 movie “Jaws” and the many shark movies that followed.

Ellen Goethel is a marine biologist and the owner of Explore the Ocean World Oceanarium at 367 Ocean Blvd. at Hampton Beach.

On a surprise bachelorette cruise and whale watch around the Isle of Shoals, the group spotted two basking sharks.

How big was the great white shark in Jaws? In the original novel, the Jaws shark was 20 feet long. Around 1 hour and 23 minutes into the movie, a boat crew hunting for the shark spots it and Matt ...