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Up to 160 pilot whales stranded on Australian beach

25 Apr 2024

Marine biologists raced Thursday to save more than 100 pilot whales after a mass stranding on an Australian beach, with officials fearing many will have to be euthanised. Western Australia's...

Over 200 stranded pilot whales die on Pacific Ocean’s remote Pitt Island

11 Oct 2022

New Zealand's conservation office on Tuesday said all 240 pilot whales stranded on the remote Pitt Island have died, just days after 215 whales died on a beach on nearby...

Some 230 whales beached in Tasmania; rescue efforts underway

21 Sep 2022

About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the southeastern coast. The pod, which...

New Zealand volunteers refloat 28 whales in rescue effort

23 Feb 2021

Volunteers in New Zealand were optimistic they could save the 28 whales that remain from a mass-stranding after refloating them on Tuesday for the second time in two days. A...

Dozens of whales strand at notorious New Zealand bay

22 Feb 2021

Rescuers were racing on Monday to save dozens of pilot whales that beached on a stretch of New Zealand coast notorious for mass strandings, wildlife officials said. The Department of...

Nearly 100 whales die after mass stranding in New Zealand

25 Nov 2020

About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 km (497 miles) off New Zealand's east coast, officials said...

Sri Lankan navy, villagers rescue more than 100 stranded whales

03 Nov 2020

Sri Lanka’s navy said on Tuesday more than 100 whales had been rescued after becoming stranded on a beach on the island’s southwest coast a day earlier. Villagers defied a...

Almost 500 pilot whales stranded on Australian island state

23 Sep 2020

More pilot whales were found stranded on an Australian coast on Wednesday, raising the total to almost 500 in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the island state of...

Rescuers race to save 180 stranded whales in Australia

22 Sep 2020

Up to 90 whales have died after becoming stranded in a remote bay in southern Australia, with rescuers warning on Tuesday the mission to save another 180 still stuck will...

Canada takes new steps to protect endangered right whales

09 Jul 2019

Canada implements further measures on Tuesday to protect the North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered species, after six of the mammals died since June in the Gulf of St....

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