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Whales why so mysterious?

What is it about whales that commands our attention like nothing else in our ocean?

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Whale Spot competition winner

Water flying off a breaching whale caught the judge's eye in the ABC Local Whale Spot photo competition

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Baby humpback whale dies on South Coast beach

A one day old Humpback whale calf came ashore to die last week on a beach in Bremer Bay. Conservation officers say that as the population of whales recover from the effects of whaling, numbers of the...

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DEC to investigate sickly humpbacks

The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) says a number of migrating humpback whales are arriving in Western Australian waters in a poor condition.

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Boaties 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.

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'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.

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WShale in King George Sound

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The story of the Great Southern whale whisperer

Armed with a pair of binoculars and a two-way radio, Albany's whale whisperer keeps watch over the waves.

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Whale 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.

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Blue whale arrives in Albany on the same day each year

Whale watchers in Albany have a sneaking suspicion that the same blue whale is appearing in King George Sound on the exact same date each autumn.

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Albany surfer almost cops $10k fine for being too close to a whale

As whale season approaches, Great Southern locals are being warned that getting too close to a whale is illegal.

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Western Australian whale whisperer busy now whale-season is here

Whale-watching season is here and that means Albany's whale whisperer Bernie Hill will once again spend every day of the next four months spotting the mammals for whale boats and tourists.

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Killer whales spotted preying on rare beaked whales off Western Australia's...

They are two of the rarest sights in Australian waters a pod of killer whales and a rare beaked whale so to see the first actively preying on the second is a special sight.

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Apex predators flock to WA biodiversity hotspot for annual feeding frenzy

Whale researchers return from their fifth expedition to Bremer Canyon, with new findings, theories and a mystery sound.

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Killer whale catalogue hoping to fill knowledge gap about Western Australia's...

Meet some of Bremer Bay's 81 killer whales with nicknames such as Cookie, El Notcho and Lucky, catalogued for the first time off Western Australia's coast.

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Australia's largest display of whale skeletons grows at Albany museum

Whale skeletons are being exhumed and reassembled to go on show at Albany's Historic Whaling Station.

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Southern 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.

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Killer whales live up to name in bloodbath off Bremer Bay

What started as a tour like any other on WA's south coast quickly turned into a scene of slaughter, demonstrating the awesome power of the apex predator of the ocean.

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Orcas 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.

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Whale watching: 10 top places to find whales during their annual migration

There are few sights in nature more spectacular than a whale breaching, and the Australian coastline offers plenty of spots to view these giants of the oceans.

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