It's been an exceptional whale season on the South Australian coast, where the return of southern rights — along with several rare white calves — after a mysterious absence last year is being celebrated by enthusiasts. Southern right whales usually traverse the Eyre Peninsula coastline between May and October each year. Last year, experts said southern right whale numbers on …
They sing to their beaus, mate underwater and are ferocious predators but not a lot is known about why Antarctic leopard seals sometimes end up on South Australia's coastline 3,000 kilometres from home. Key points: There have been more annual sightings of leopard seals in South Australia in the past five years than in the previous three decades Fourteen leopard …
Rod Keogh doesn't get a full night's sleep during winter because his "babies" are up in the middle of the night and they're incredibly noisy. It's hard to imagine the postcard-perfect white sandy beach at Fowlers Bay was once stained red with the blood of dozens of mother southern right whales and their calves, that were killed for their oil, …
The dirt road into the small South Australian hamlet of Fowlers Bay, on the state's west coast, hugs a looming mountain of sand that leads down to crystal-clear water where some of nature's largest creatures play. Key points: Whale season off the west coast of South Australia is in full swing Warmer waters have seen unusual events including southern right …