Removing large numbers of sharks through culling disrupts the delicate balance of our oceanic ecosystems, leading to ...

Whale sharks typically gather around Ningaloo Reef every year from March through July to feast on the plankton and krill that ...

Whale sharks are very well studied, but their sex lives are a bit of a mystery. The courtship rituals they practice might be a little more understood now.

Field studies at Ningaloo Reef document a male whale shark’s courtship attempts, offering rare insights into their mating ...

Courtship and procreative behavior in many species of elasmobranchs—cartilaginous fish including rays, sawfish, sharks, and skates—may include following and biting. However, there has been little ...

At Ningaloo Reef, researchers conducted field expeditions which involved spotting the whale sharks by plane and then directing a boat towards the sighting. The boat team then entered the water to take ...

Three fatal shark attacks occurred in South Australia in 2023 — about the same number that occurs across the entire nation in ...

Authorities say a surfer missing in Australia is believed dead in a shark attack and they are searching the waters where the man disappeared ...

The home of some of Australia’s best-known beaches is inching closer to ditching shark nets as more communities voice concern ...

Then, at the end of 2023, 15-year-old up-and-coming surfer Khai Cowley was mauled by a 4m (13 foot) great white shark, some 30 to 40m offshore at Ethel Beach. His body was recovered on the beach.

A two-metre bronze whaler inside a new shark barrier at Cottesloe Beach has been freed after a 27-hour operation, but the ...

Evolution has perfected the world’s sharks and rays for more than 420 million years. Unlike the ammonites or pterosaurs that ...