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Video taken by divers showed a false killer whale twirling right in front of them in Costa Rica. Research biologist Robin Baird said the species has been documented passing fish to humans. He said ...
A sportfishing guide in Fiji shared footage Monday showing false killer whales attacking a hooked 300-pound marlin, leaving only the head for the anglers. “Can hardly believe what we witnessed ...
There have been no false killer whale strandings in Tasmania for around 50 years, but other species strand on the Island ...
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.
Mr Clark estimated on Wednesday morning that the false killer whales had been stranded for 24 to 48 hours. Despite its name, ...
Researchers said the number of false killer whales around the Islands has declined in the last few decades. Estimates from the late-1980’s were around 400 animals, in 2023 that number is below 150.
A false killer whale breaches close to a research dinghy. Fast forward six years to 2021, and we were fortunate to be contacted again by the BBC, this time for their Mammals series.
In short: The 90 surviving false killer whales that stranded on a beach in Tasmania's far north-west will be euthanased for their welfare after several unsuccessful attempt to refloat them.
Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that became stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania.
KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — A false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) was spotted off the waters of Glan town in Sarangani province, which is part of the 215,950-hectare ...
A sportfishing guide in Fiji shared footage Monday showing false killer whales attacking a hooked 300-pound marlin, leaving only the head for the anglers.
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.