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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Marine biologists have documented the first-ever “in the wild” observation of endangered leopard sharks copulating, and were surprised to catch not just two sharks in action, but three. The intimate ...

"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 ...