When "Norman," a surprisingly friendly gray nurse shark, showed up near the shores of Bondi Beach in Australia, locals crowded to get a closer view. While these sharks are not aggressive towards ...

Australia now has the world’s largest coastal drone-surveillance operation and is installing nonlethal traps, or drumlines, ...

Four humpback whales became entangled in shark nets off the coast of Australia in recent days, video footage shows. Photo from Josh Withers via Unsplash The coastline of Australia is dotted with ...

The Noosa Council has unanimously backed a three-month trial of smart drum lines and drone technology to replace ...

Shark mitigation measures have come a long way since the first nets were rolled out in Sydney almost 90 years ago.

Queensland’s controversial shark control program has recorded a shocking surge in the number of ocean predators caught off ...

The whale is the 15th to be caught in the nets along Australia’s east coast this year Khynan Gardner/ORRCA A young humpback whale was found dead after it got entangled in a shark net in New South ...

The coastline of Australia is dotted with numerous shark nets intended to shield beachgoers from the ocean’s apex predators. But, recently, the equipment has ensnared an altogether different species.