In July 2016, the IUCN Red List announced that the whale shark was no longer listed as vulnerable but rather endangered, thus sliding closer towards extinction.
Dr Simon Pierce from the Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF) and Member of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group and Gonzalo Araujo from the Large Marine Vertebrate Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) explain how the change in status came about, the ongoing research and what you can do to help whale sharks.
Read more about the status change at: iucnredlist.org/details/19488/0
