Scary spiders included. Every year, from March to July, Ningaloo Reef welcomes a different kind of visitor: between 300 and ...

Whale sharks, coral reefs and safari tents amid the dunes: this remote lodge immerses travellers in Western Australia’s astounding marine world.

A whale shark can easily be spotted from the air, cruising just below the surface of the crystal-clear waters of the Indian Ocean. In May, whale sharks gather off the reef in numbers so high that, for ...

Key points For the past decade, the Ningaloo Outlook program has been quietly transforming our understanding of one of ...

Journey Beyond has announced the acquisition of Exmouth Dive & Whalesharks Ningaloo (Exmouth Dive Centre) this week.

Pre-copulatory behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Frontiers in Marine Science (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1507072 ...

Whale sharks grow up to 18 metres long, and I was "apprehensive" about swimming with them, even though they have no teeth and are said to be friendly. Once in the water with one, however, I felt ...

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.

Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are the largest fish in the world. They can trace their ancestry to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 245–65 million years ago, and are members of the ...

Pre-copulatory behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2025; 11 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1507072 ...

Fishers have reported male whale sharks going “belly to belly” with females, according to the study, but this behavior had never been recorded. Then, in May of 2024 during a two week research ...

Whale sharks, humpbacks, southern right whales, orcas, mighty mantas, turtles and some 700 species of fish await just offshore, often within paddling distance of the beach’s windblown dunes.