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 ...

An additional 240 whales stranded themselves late the next day. The total of 656 made this the second-largest ... These tight social groupings are a major factor in mass beaching. If one animal gets ...

Close to 500 pilot whales beached themselves in September 2020, in what has been described as Australia’s biggest mass stranding on record. Why do whales strand themselves and why is it so ...

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 ...

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.

Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say. None of the stranded whales could be refloated and all either died ...

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 ...

Once the whales began beaching themselves on the shore, wildlife authorities launched an emergency response effort in a bid to save them. Some 51 whales died overnight on Tuesday, with authorities ...

The main concern is the risk of the whales returning and beaching themselves. On Friday morning, witnesses spotted a pilot whale calf near the shore at Eagle Bay, which was later euthenased.

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 ...