“Often it’s simple misadventure - one or two or a few animals get themselves ... finned pilot whales off the country’s western coast in 2018. Australia’s largest ever beaching was 320 ...

He said another theory suggested whales stranded themselves in response to sonar ... to leave the still-beached behind. Smith said re-beaching was "quite common". "It is important to remember ...

This is not the first time this kind of beaching happens in the Argentine Patagonia area: in 1991, almost 200 pilot whales were stranded and died twenty kilometers north in Punta Tafor.

These highly intelligent cetaceans have been documented creating large waves to wash seals off ice floes, and even intentionally beaching themselves to catch prey on the shore. Read more about what ...

These highly intelligent whales have been documented creating large waves to wash seals off ice floes, and even intentionally beaching themselves to catch prey on the shore. For scientists, one way to ...

The marine mammals stranded themselves in Hamelin Bay, 315 km south of the state’s capital, Perth, between March 22 and 23. All but six of more than 150 short-finned pilot whales that stranded ...