“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 ...

Last year saw the country’s largest mass beaching, when more than 400 pilot whales stranded themselves on New Zealand’s Golden Bay. Even with impressive rescue efforts, more than 300 of the ...

145 Stranded Whales Dead After Mass Beaching in New Zealand ... be debilitated by the previous stranding — don’t strand themselves again. The deceased whales will be examined to determine ...

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.

Four pods of whales found themselves in the shallow waters of ... "Usually, with this kind of beaching, it ends with 100 (editor's note: dead) whales, and only five or six are saved," Wiese ...

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 ...

Perth, Mar 23 (AFP) At least 135 short-finned pilot whales died today after a mass beaching in Australia ... “Most of the whales beached themselves on dry land overnight and have not survived ...

Officials said they believe the killer whales were able to free themselves from the drift ice as gaps between them grew. “We believe they were able to escape safely,” Shirayanagi said.

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 ...

Apart from the threat of beaching, pilot whales also face ... short-finned pilot whales often find themselves in jeopardy. They can also become victims of vessel strikes, which injure or kill ...