Good opportunities for whale spotting
Humpback and southern right whales have begun their annual migration along Western Australia's south and west coasts.
View ArticleHow to take a really good whale photo
Tips from an expert on taking great whale watching photos. Send your best shots to the ABC Whale Spot Competition.
View ArticleWhale Spot competition winner
Water flying off a breaching whale caught the judge's eye in the ABC Local Whale Spot photo competition
View ArticleHumpbacks get early start on northern migration
Pods of humpback whales have made an earlier than usual start to their annual migration up Western Australia's coast.
View ArticleWhale rescue in 1986 changed not just the people who were there
An experience that sends a tingle up your spine even 25 years on.
View ArticleRescuing the false killer whales 25 years ago
Donna Adams was just a child with a purple icecream container ready to save the whales
View ArticleBoaties warned to watch out for migrating whales
The Department of Environment and Conservation is urging people to report sightings of injured humpback whales along the Western Australian coast.
View ArticleWhale carcass removed from Smiths Beach
The Department of Environment and Conservation says it has dug up and removed a whale carcass from Smiths Beach in Yallingup.
View ArticlePeople asked to spot Antarctic blue whales
Antarctic scientists are asking the public to help them count blue whales in the Southern Ocean.
View ArticlePublic urged to report sightings of whale sharks
People in coastal communities around the state are being asked to look for whale sharks this season.
View ArticleWhale viewing platform idea for the South West
People with disability and the elderly could whale from watch from the shore
View ArticleWhale cries to be captured in King George Sound
The cries of whales in King George Sound will be captured and logged for the first time this whale season.
View ArticleBoat users in the South West warned to watch out for migrating whales
Authorities are warning boat users to watch out for whales migrating through waters in the South West.
View Article'No evidence' of sperm whale numbers recovering off WA south coast
Researchers say there is no evidence of a recovery in sperm whale populations off Western Australia's south coast, more than 30 years after they became a protected species.
View ArticleThe South West could sustain more whale watching tours: opinion
Whale numbers are on the increase in the South West and so are the number of whale watching charters. What danger is there for the whales?
View ArticleWhale sighting reports in WA used to prevent entanglements
Public reports of whale sightings will be used to change regulations in a bid to stop an increase in entanglements off the WA coast.
View ArticleA whale rescue is underway for stranded long finned pilot whales in Bunbury
Twenty long finned pilot whales are reported crashing into rocks at the break water at the entrance to Bunbury harbour
View ArticleLong-finned whales wash up against Bunbury harbour's breakwater wall in WA's...
An attempt to save a group of long-finned pilot whales washed up against a breakwater wall in Western Australia's South West appears to be over.
View ArticleBunbury volunteers talk about the euphoria and tragedy of whale rescue
Jan Tierney is the volunteer coordinator at the Dolphin Discovery Centre in Bunbury. Ian Bean is a very new volunteer. Both were in the water yesterday struggling to keep four pilot whales upright and...
View ArticleSharks feed on carcass at Bunbury, but whale not one of those rescued after...
A whale found dead with sharks feeding on it was not one of the whales that beached themselves at Bunbury yesterday, authorities say.
View ArticlePhotos of the pilot whale rescue effort at Bunbury
Despite the odds being against them, volunteers worked hard to save long finned pilot whales who had stranded themselves on rocks early yesterday morning
View ArticleAugusta boat harbour to boost whale watching numbers
Whale watching season this year will be bigger than ever thanks to the new $36.4 million Augusta Boat Harbour.
View ArticleKiller whale captured on film metres off WA beach by kayaking teen
A rare sighting of a killer whale swimming just metres from shore at Geographe in Western Australia's South West is caught on camera by a Perth schoolgirl kayaking alongside the creature.
View ArticleWhale watchers in south-west WA 'seeing more whales than ever' in prolonged...
Whale watchers in south-west Western Australia say the 2015 season is the best they have ever experienced.
View ArticleStranded killer whale calf sign of increasing whale populations
A killer whale calf found stranded on a South West beach shows whale numbers are improving, according to the Department of Parks and Wildlife.
View ArticleIf you see a stranded whale, 'get expert help' says a marine biologist
People can harm a whale and themselves if they don't know what they're doing says Phil Coulthard, a marine biologist at the Bunbury Dolphin Discovery Centre.
View ArticleDead whale washed onto South West beach attracts crowd for closer look
A humpback whale washed ashore at Moses Rock this week and curious onlookers were quick to take the opportunity to inspect it.
View ArticleRotting whale carcass removed from Honeycombs Beach in WA's South West
A huge decomposing whale carcass is removed from a popular surfing beach in Western Australia's South West in a six-hour operation involving 10 people
View ArticleRare southern right whale calf filmed off WA by team using drones
Remarkable drone footage of a rare white baby southern right whale frolicking in waters off the southern West Australian coast with other whales is captured by researchers from Perth's Murdoch University.
View ArticleTrained volunteers make a real difference to saving stranded whales, rescue...
The Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia recommends a coordinated approach to rescuing whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs.
View ArticleSouthern right whale count tallies record numbers off south coast
A long-running aerial census of southern right whales along the southern coast of Australia records its highest ever result with over 800 of the vulnerable species spotted.
View ArticleMarine park protections almost halved under new draft plan, conservationists...
Tourism operators and environmentalists say the Federal Government's new draft plan for marine parks almost halves the protections from commercial fishing set five years ago.
View ArticleDrones spy on WA's booming humpback population to crack secret of weight loss
Researchers from WA's Murdoch University use drones to gather missing information on the once near-extinct humpback whale at key points of their annual migration.
View ArticleMass stranding of 150 whales at Hamelin Bay near Augusta sparks shark alert
More than 140 whales are dead after a mass stranding at Hamelin Bay, 315 kilometres south of Perth, with six survivors moved back out to sea following a major rescue operation.
View ArticleWhy do whales become stranded?
An estimated 150 whales have stranded themselves in Western Australia's Hamelin Bay, incredibly the second such event to occur on the same date at the exact same location. But a whale expert says the...
View ArticleMass whale stranding at Hamelin Bay near Augusta bonds rescue volunteers
They were perfect strangers, but many had formed strong bonds before the day was out. The task at hand? Trying to rescue a handful of surviving whales after a mass stranding on a West Australian beach.
View ArticleMajor clean-up operation after mass whale stranding at Hamelin Bay near Augusta
Authorities spend the day racing to remove the decaying carcasses of the almost 150 short-finned pilot whales that beached themselves along a usually-pristine stretch of Western Australia's coastline.
View ArticleOrcas filmed hunting and killing elusive whale species off WA for first time
For the first time in history orcas have been filmed hunting and killing an elusive whale species in Australian waters.
View ArticleChanging behaviour or increasing populations? WA whale watchers report spike...
WA's whale watchers are wondering if they are witnessing a spike in southern right populations or a change in behaviour.
View ArticleAncient whale bone found by workers on sewerage drilling project in WA
Workers in a sewerage-drilling crew were thrilled when they discovered a giant bone four metres under the ground in a find that has excited paleontologists.
View ArticleMysteries of pristine Kimberley wilderness are being unravelled at last
It's home to as much biodiversity as the Great Barrier Reef, but this remote area of Western Australia has been largely a mystery to scientists, until now.
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