On Sept. 21, 2020, 470 pilot whales became stranded in the same harbor –– making it the worst mass whale stranding in history. Approximately 100 survived the 2020 stranding, ABC News reported.

The deceased whales will be examined to determine a potential cause for the mass stranding. RELATED VIDEO: A Pilot Whale Has Died in Southern Thailand After Swallowing 17 Pounds of Plastic Waste ...

pilot whales are ”notorious for their strong social bonds, so often when one whale gets into difficulty and strands, the rest follow, leading to more of them stranding.” Members of the Lewis ...

A mass stranding of pilot whales happened on Kauai in 2017 ... CERIZO photo The last individual stranding was a pygmy whale in 2009 near Maalaea Bay, Schofield said. “We usually just see ...

Mass whale strandings have occurred throughout ... In Australia, the most recent mass stranding involved around 150 short-finned pilot whales off the country’s western coast in 2018.

Pilot whale strandings “have happened for centuries ... the animals being disturbed”, the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme said. That could be a predator, unfamiliar surroundings ...

Drone pilot RITTER Dragonfly Dronography released a video of the dead whale just north of the Delaware ... "So, it’s not a traditional stranding like we have down at the beaches where we can ...

Almost 100 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on New Zealand's remote ... Pilot whales are one of the most common species of whale in New Zealand waters, and can grow up to six meters ...

The mass stranding event involved 157 false killer ... Mass strandings are not uncommon on Tasmania's west coast. Around 470 pilot whales stranded further south at Macquarie Harbour near Strahan ...

An emergency rescue is underway after a whale beached in Cornwall. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said it received reports a long-finned pilot whale had been found on Gwithian beach near St ...