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500 pilot whales dead after New Zealand mass strandings

About 500 pilot whales have died in mass strandings on New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands, the government said Tuesday after ruling out a rescue...

Faroe Islands mass dolphin slaughter casts shadow over tradition

Every summer in the Faroe Islands hundreds of pilot whales and dolphins are slaughtered in drive hunts known as the "grind" that residents defend...

Rescuers find another 200 stranded whales in Australia

Rescuers trying to refloat a pod of stranded whales in a remote Australian harbour say they have found another 200, taking to 470 the...

Up to 70 whales stranded in southern Australia

Around 70 whales are stranded in a bay on the Australian island of Tasmania, officials said Monday, with marine experts now mobilising to see...

Paradise regained then lost: Med mammals mourn lockdown end

When Europeans retreated into their homes to observe strict stay-at-home rules to contain the coronavirus, dolphins and whales on the Mediterranean coast basked and...

Orca stranding linked to warming

WELLINGTON"•More than 50 beached pilot whales perished in New Zealand Friday, the latest in a spate of mass stranding this week that experts have...

Mass stranding leaves 28 whales dead

MELBOURNE"•Twenty-eight whales were found dead in the remote southeast of Australia Wednesday, following a mass stranding that has baffled experts. A pilot flying a private...

145 pilot whales die in remote beach

Wellington"•Up to 145 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding in a remote part of New Zealand, with authorities saying Monday they made...

122 pregnant whales killed in hunt

Tokyo"•Japan killed 122 pregnant minke whales during a highly controversial annual whaling expedition that Tokyo defends as scientific research but conservationists call “gruesome and...

Whales drawing tourists to Iceland

FAXAFLOI BAY, Iceland"•Iceland’s whales have traditionally ended up as steaks on a plate. But times are changing, and as tourists stream to the North...

Japan kills 333 whales in hunt

TOKYO"•A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port Friday after an annual Antarctic hunt that killed more than 300 of the mammals as Tokyo pursues...
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