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Nature & Wildlife

Relax, shark numbers aren't booming

…partly because attacks are so rare. Despite the media hype, you’re still more likely to drown than be bitten by a shark. Timeline: Shark attacks in Australia Shark deterrants: do…

News

With water, we have sharks: 8 shark safety tips

…sites and apps that provide real-time alerts on shark activity. Some examples include the SharkSmart programs in Western Australia and New South Wales, the Dorsal Shark Reporting initiative and Shark…

Nature & Wildlife

Footage reveals ‘surfing’ whales in Australian waters

…include people documenting humpback whale recovery by counting northward migrating humpback whales off Sydney, and people watching sharks off Bondi Beach via the @DroneSharkApp. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-zqteYPyE-/ Hungry hungry whales Like humpback…

Flora & Fauna

Playful whales use seaweed as a hat – or exfoliant

…northern right whales, and humpback whales all do it. To date, there’s far more social media and news reports on whale play with seaweed than scientific literature. A 2011 study…

Nature & Wildlife

WATCH: Humpback whales spotted ‘bubble-net feeding’ for first time in Australia

If you gaze at the ocean this winter, you might just be lucky enough to spot a whale migrating along Australia’s coastline. This is the start of whale season, when…

Queensland

Fluking it on the Gold Coast

…be the best place to go whale watching in Australia. Dr Olaf Meynecke, Manager Whales and Climate Program at Griffith University, Researcher Whale Ecology and Lead Scientist Marine Megafauna CMRC,…

News

Is Migaloo… dead? As climate change transforms the ocean, the iconic white humpback has been missing for two years

…season we’ve seen dolphins dancing with whales, dwarf minke whales with their calves, killer whales and a re-sighting of Curly, the humpback with an unusual curved tail. That’s only just…

Science & Environment

Are humans to blame for shark attacks?

…sharks and rays. Find a timeline of fatal Australian shark attacks here. Human activities in shark habitat Marine biologists say there is little research into the causes of shark attacks,…

History & Culture

Eden's killer whales: helping human hunters

…be intrigued by Eden’s killers, which between 1840 and 1930 helped whalers hunt baleen whales by herding the doomed giants towards the waiting whaleboats. But by 1981, when Danielle was…

Nature & Wildlife

10 of the best Australian wildlife experiences

…shark’s multi-tonne body and four metres from its gently flicking, but intensely powerful, tail. Operators in Exmouth and Coral Bay run whale shark adventures from mid-March until mid-July. 3. Go…

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Relax, shark numbers aren't booming

With water, we have sharks: 8 shark safety tips

Footage reveals ‘surfing’ whales in Australian waters

Playful whales use seaweed as a hat – or exfoliant

WATCH: Humpback whales spotted ‘bubble-net feeding’ for first time in Australia

Fluking it on the Gold Coast

Is Migaloo… dead? As climate change transforms the ocean, the iconic white humpback has been missing for two years

Are humans to blame for shark attacks?

Eden's killer whales: helping human hunters

10 of the best Australian wildlife experiences