Adventure Adventure on the high seas …the area. Divorce the scary connotations behind the word ‘shark, too; the whale shark is strictly a plankton fan, hoovering up its favourite food by filtering it through its (toothless)…
Travel West side story …wildlife, including the world’s largest fish, the whale shark. Most of the whale sharks that ply the waters of Ningaloo Reef are juvenile males. You can swim with them via…
Australian Geographic Shark Blog The whale carcass debate …on the premise that, as some sharks are known to follow whale migrations, more whales mean more food, more motivated sharks and the capacity to support larger shark populations. However,…
Nature & Wildlife State of fear: what should we do about sharks in NSW? …happening with the sharks? Shark attacks or shark bites? Negative interactions between sharks and people can range from light (small lacerations and stitches required) to severe (large pieces of flesh…
Nature & Wildlife Spotting leopard sharks once again …shark pup into a sea pen. Image credit: Nathaniel Soon/ReShark Enter ReShark, an international collective focused on recovering threatened sharks and rays around the world by re-establishing healthy, genetically diverse…
Destinations Ningaloo Reef: No longer a secret …one swam because the popular belief was that Ningaloo’s waters were shark-infested. When swimming did take off in the late 1980s, it remained focused on the whale sharks. There’s no…
History & Culture 50 years after ‘Jaws’ the man-eater myth has been retired …depths. Sharks can migrate across huge global distances. For example, a silky shark was recorded traveling 17,000 miles (over 27,000 kilometers) over a year and a half. Hammerhead sharks can…
Biodiversity Save the whales, save the world …as well,” he says. Related: Blue whales: Scientists need your help spotting the enigmatic whale The other large marine mammal often sighted off WA is the southern right whale (Eubalaena…
Science & Environment Sharks and the media: how should we report? …Sighting, encounter, bite and fatal bite Together, Christopher and Robert have devised four categories in which most shark incidents fit: shark sighting, shark encounter, shark bite and fatal shark bite….
Australian Geographic Shark Blog Shark nets: Protecting us or just harming sharks? …However, whales that travel through Queensland waters are met with an additional challenge: shark nets. Last week saw the first – and unlikely the last – whale of the season…
