Marine life
This new luxury beachside resort has a problem: How to stop the massive sharks attacking the guests
South Africa’s first Club Med wants to use nets, but experts say that would kill large numbers of sharks, as well as dolphins, rays, turtles and birds.
- Ben Farmer
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- Whales
Young humpback towed off sandbar in first stranding of an early whale season
The 9.5-metre, 12-tonne sub-adult is swimming freely in a lake near Forster, but is yet to find its way back to the ocean.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
More whales are visiting Sydney out of season. Scientists debate why
The first whales swimming north for the winter have already been spotted off the coast of Sydney, while artificial intelligence is helping reduce one of the marine mammals’ deadliest direct threats.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The WA Museum exhibition taking a deep dive into the unknown
With a new OceanXperience opening at the WA Museum on April 4, hear about the deep sea expeditions the museum scientists have been on over the last two decades.
- Indigo Lemay-Conway
‘Devastating scenes’: Marine life washes up on Ningaloo beaches after Cyclone Narelle
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle crossed the West Australian coast in Coral Bay as a category 3 system, bringing a deluge of rain and gale force winds.
- Holly Thompson
Rottnest Island provides backdrop for historic underwater podcast
Seated on a stool on the sea bed just off Rottnest Island, marine biologist Kurt Krispyn did what he believes is a world first – hosted a live podcast on the ocean floor.
- Indigo Lemay-Conway
A shark lunged at Alex while his back was turned. The ‘helmet’ on his ankle may have saved him
The near miss was captured on a surf cam at Dee Why weeks after a horror run of shark attacks that rocked Sydney.
- Daniel Lo Surdo
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- Wildlife
How this team is helping fur seals escape the scourge of plastic waste
Eyes in the skies can pick out an injured animal easily, even in a colony of hundreds, allowing researchers to conduct targeted rescues.
- Bianca Hall
Victoria’s last fatal shark attack that maybe never was
Victoria’s last fatal shark attack has been misreported for years. Four decades after a windsurfer’s disappearance, a librarian, a scientist and a former police sergeant reveal the truth.
- Cassandra Morgan
Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s frozen depths
Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the Southern Ocean’s frigid waters before a “hunk of a shark” swam into view of a remote camera.
- Rod McGuirk