Whale sharks — the ocean’s gentle giants. 🌊 The largest shark on Earth, yet a peaceful filter feeder. Sadly, they’re endangered, facing threats like plastic pollution, fishing gear, and vessel strikes. 💔 On International Whale Shark Day, let’s raise awareness and protect them. 🎬 Discoversharks Jalil Najafov | Discoversharks

A diver came across an endangered shark just feet away while off the coast of the Spanish island of El Hierro earlier this month. The dive center that posted the video said that smalltooth sand tiger sharks, an endangered species, only appear “intermittently” in the area, and that this is the first time they’ve come across one since 2019. According to the IUCN, smalltooth sand tiger sharks are “rarely recorded from the Atlantic Ocean.” Since 1991, there have only been 18 records from the nearby

LURKING IN THE DEEP: Wild footage shows an endangered smalltooth sand tiger shark swimming directly over divers’ heads in an eerie underwater encounter. | Fox News