You searched for Whale shark - Page 10 of 57

News

Great white shark jumps into a fisherman’s boat

…Great white sharks. “We know that great white sharks, which are closely related to mako sharks, jump quite a lot when they are hunting prey. My thought would be that…

News

Antarctica's blue whales are split into three populations

…as a whale. Long before we started working with blue whales in 2007, expeditions have been carried out under the auspices of the International Whaling Commission to research Antarctic whales….

Science & Environment

How a shark donated its body to science

…3m long. They are the most common sharks in Tasmania’s Derwent River and the largest resident shark. While most sharks have five or six gills, as its name suggests the…

Nature & Wildlife

Shark bite fatalities have tripled. Should we be worried?

Why the news sounds alarming AS OF TODAY the Australian Shark Attack File is reporting that there have been 21 shark bites in Australia this year. This number can be…

Destinations

Bremer Bay's natural-born killers

…a whole host of different wildlife while we’re out there – killer whales, long-finned pilot whales, feeding on squid and fish,” says Naturaliste Charters owner, Paul Cross. “Only a few…

Nature & Wildlife

Australian fossil findings result in deep dive of whale evolution

…the two whale sharks calling Ningaloo home According to Dr Fitzgerald, the new findings underscore the importance of Southern Hemisphere fossil records for understanding whale evolution, with previous ruling hypotheses…

News

Not so nice: new study finds baleen whales were once biters

…How do whales learn to sing? Why do whales strand themselves? Return of the killer whales of Eden, NSW. Did a 19th-century sailor get swallowed by a sperm whale and…

Australian Geographic Shark Blog

Why sharks are important to the study of human health

…cardiovascular disease. These statistics are staggering, but what do they have to do with sharks? Sharks are nature’s survivors. Relatives of the shark species we have swimming around in the…

Biodiversity

For the love of sharks

…sharks. “Australians have an almost supernatural fear and hatred of sharks,” he says. “We don’t have [many] land-based carnivores. You need a devil, a Satan, a bogeyman. The shark is…

Australian Geographic Adventure

Western Australian adventures: Three of the best

…will have the opportunity to dive with the gentle giant of the sea, the whale shark. The largest of all fishes, the whale shark is also one of the most…

562 Search Results for Whale shark