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…
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 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…
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…
Nature & Wildlife 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 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…
