You’d think tracking the world’s largest living fish would be simple. But despite whale sharks having roamed the oceans for ...

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 from World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef to Ashmore Reef.

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 ...

A whale shark swimming at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia.Credit: Getty Images The institute’s scientists have mapped and tracked the animals using advanced satellite tags and found they can ...

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.

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 ...

which is one of the only places in the world where people can swim with whale sharks. Loading... Baiyungu traditional owner Hazel Walgar said in the past the coral along Ningaloo had always come ...