A whale shark has left tropical waters to make a rare appearance off a town on the NSW South Coast a few hours’ drive from the Victorian border.

The study analyzed satellite tracking data from 78 whale sharks tagged over 14 years at Ningaloo Reef and Shark Bay, two well-known aggregation sites off the Western Australian coast.

Western Australia has been hit by marine heatwaves since August, and now coral is bleaching in large areas along the coast ...

This week scientists published a paper in the journal Ecology and Evolution that maps sightings of newborn whale sharks, ...

Then, in May of 2024 during a two week research expedition, a spotter plane saw two whale sharks near the surface of the water at Ningaloo Reef and alerted the boat below, according to the study.

Ningaloo is one of the few places that whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) congregate with any regularity. Despite its remoteness, some 5,000 people make the trek up there each year to swim with the gentle ...

“At Ningaloo Reef, and many aggregation sites ... “This could explain why female whale sharks may be avoiding aggregation sites. Particularly for juvenile female sharks, the energetic costs ...

The world’s oceans are vast expanses filled with countless creatures. One of the most spectacular is the whale shark, not just because of its size, the largest fish in the world, but also the ...