More than 150 false killer whales have been stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania. It is the third mass stranding in the last five years on the west coast of the Australian island. Officials said ...

However, these are false killer whales, and it is our first large mass stranding of these animals in around 50 years,” Brendon Clark from Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) said on Wednesday.

The last time so many false killer whales were stranded in Tasmania was 50 years ago in June 1974 when a pod of 160 to 170 were found at Black River beach on the island’s northern coast. It’s ...

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More than 150 false killer whales are stranded on a beach in the state of Tasmania, with rescue teams now scrambling to save those still alive, Australian environment officials have said.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials ...