Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snorkler out to spot a whale shark - a sighting that can be planned relatively easily, say guides. ---/Exmouth Dive and ...

While the overall risk of a shark attack remains low, experts say warmer waters, various weather events, shifting prey and busier coastlines can increase the risk ...

A mother humpback whale and her calf became entangled in shark nets near Noosa Main Beach in Australia on Wednesday, Sept. 17 A Shark Control Program contractor freed the two whales from the net later ...

Stepping out of tiny Exmouth Airport, I felt like I’d flown into another world. I’d arrived from the skyscrapers and shopping malls of Perth into a striking landscape where red-sand gorges tumble into ...

The world’s largest living fish has plenty to fear from people. New research shows that a large proportion of whale sharks at a popular and protected tourism region bear scars caused by human activity ...

A whale carcass washed ashore on Tuesday in the town of Esperance, an idyllic coastal enclave in Western Australia. But before the blubbery body made it to the sand, an estimated 13-foot great white ...

Whale sharks, already listed as endangered, face an array of human-induced threats such as fishing bycatch, vessel strikes, and habitat degradation among them. Pollution adds another, more insidious ...

Whale sharks, the largest living fish species, are classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Over the past 75 years, populations have declined by more than 50% worldwide, ...

Australia’s fire danger ratings alerts millions to potentially fatal danger. Experts say we can do the same for sharks ...