Nature & Wildlife How to avoid a shark attack …creatures, including sharks. While statistics show that shark attacks in Australia remain unlikely – drowning is still more probable – there have been some high profile shark attacks in Western…
Nature & Wildlife What causes pilot whale strandings? …comes to pilot whales, specifically, there are several prominent modern theories. The answer is most likely a combination of these: Natural causes: Strong social bonds Pilot whales, like most toothed-whale…
News Scientist shed new light on the mystery of the pygmy right whale …today. READ MORE: Top 10 whale-watching spots in Australia. Why do humpback whales protect other species from attack? How do whales learn to sing? Swim with the humpback whales of…
Science & Environment How to survive a shark encounter …water, we have sharks: 8 shark safety tips Scenario 2: You have been bitten by a shark. What do you do now? Again, try to stay calm and think rationally…
Nature & Wildlife The truth behind the Whitsundays shark encounters …reported that there were unusually high numbers of juvenile sharks near the Whitsundays coast line at the time. “According to the fisher, larger sharks started taking small sharks out of…
Travel Must-see Western Australia wildlife …fish, from fingernail-sized seahorses all the way up to mega-sized whale sharks. Each year from March to July, hundreds of whale sharks cruise along the ocean side of Ningaloo Reef,…
Nature & Wildlife Return of the killer whales of Eden, NSW …whalers to finish off. Once a whale was dead, they’d feast on the lips and tongue, leaving the rest of the carcass for the whalers. Over the years baleen whale…
Science & Environment The world’s rarest whale has captivated scientists since the 1800s …Zealand’s Bay of Plenty. At the time, however, the find was considered unremarkable. Whale strandings are common in New Zealand and it was assumed the whales were Gray’s beaked whales…
Nature & Wildlife Why do humpback whales protect other species from attack? …approach and position itself between attacking killer whales and another whale’s calf? Killer whales are a dangerous predator but they pose little threat to an adult humpback whale. Spillover As…
Nature & Wildlife Tasmania’s whale stranding tragedy explained A DESPERATE RESCUE effort is underway after hundreds of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) became stranded in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast. Yesterday, more than 250 pilot whales were…
