Dwarf sperm whale carcass washes up on West Beach days after 'very rare' sighting
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dwarf sperm whale carcass washes up on West Beach days after 'very rare' sighting

ABC  

The carcass of a "very rare" whale has been found washed up on an Adelaide beach, with a local tour boat operator saying the cause of death appears to be a "complete mystery". John Dundon from the Save West Beach Sand group said beach walkers had made the "distressing" and "very sad" discovery on Saturday morning. An environment department spokesperson said National Parks and Wildlife Service staff had visited the beach to "inspect the carcass and are working with other authorities on the next steps". An environment department spokesperson said anyone who discovered a dead, sick or stranded marine mammal should "contact their local National Parks and Wildlife Service office or marine wildlife rescue organisation".

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No hope left for 157 false killer whales stranded on Australian beach
1 month, 1 week ago

No hope left for 157 false killer whales stranded on Australian beach

India Today  

Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials said on Wednesday. Experts including veterinarians were at the scene near the Arthur River on Tasmania’s northwestern coast where 157 whales were discovered on an exposed surf beach on Tuesday afternoon, the Department …

Something weird is happening in the ocean!
1 month, 1 week ago

Something weird is happening in the ocean!

India Today  

Strange and unsettling events are unfolding in the world's oceans, sparking debate over whether nature is trying to warn us. Recent sightings of deep-sea creatures in unexpected locations have raised concerns among scientists and folklore enthusiasts alike. The reason behind this behaviour remains unclear, but some suggest climate change and shifting ocean currents could be to blame. Whether driven by …

More than 150 false killer whales stranded on Tasmania beach
1 month, 1 week ago

More than 150 false killer whales stranded on Tasmania beach

The Independent  

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More than 150 false killer whales stranded on a beach in Australia’s Tasmania State
1 month, 1 week ago

More than 150 false killer whales stranded on a beach in Australia’s Tasmania State

The Hindu  

More than 150 false killer whales are stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials said on Wednesday. Marine experts including veterinarians were at the scene near Arthur River on Tasmania’s northwest coast, a Department of Natural Resources and Environment statement said. The inaccessibility of the beach, ocean conditions and challenges to getting specialist equipment to …

Scientists search for answers after gray whale washes ashore in L.A., bitten and underweight
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Scientists search for answers after gray whale washes ashore in L.A., bitten and underweight

LA Times  

The carcass of a 38-foot gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles County this week. Over the weekend, a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler State Beach, prompting an outpouring of grief from marine mammal lovers and leaving an important question etched into the sand — what killed her? John Warner, chief executive of …

Blunt-force trauma found on humpback whale that washed up in Huntington Beach
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Blunt-force trauma found on humpback whale that washed up in Huntington Beach

LA Times  

A collision with an ocean vessel may have been what killed a humpback whale that washed ashore in Huntington Beach last week, according to officials with the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Biologists with NOAA’s West Coast stranding Network, Laguna Beach-based Pacific Marine Mammal Center and the Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance in Los Angeles examined the whale. Biologists examine …

Dead melon-headed whales washed up on Broome beach under investigation
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Dead melon-headed whales washed up on Broome beach under investigation

ABC  

West Australian wildlife authorities are investigating the deaths of at least three marine mammals found on a beach near Broome. Three melon-headed whales were discovered lying on Mangalagun Crab Creek Beach, north-east of the tourist town, this morning by Broome resident Megan Spence, who regularly visits the area. More dead whales Late this afternoon, a department spokesperson confirmed an aerial …

Watch: Whale calf carcass found at Pamban beach in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch: Whale calf carcass found at Pamban beach in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram

India Today  

The carcass of an 18-foot whale calf, weighing about two tonnes, was found washed ashore this morning at Pamban beach in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram. They are yet to ascertain the species, as they think it could be a blue whale, because it had dark colouration, or even baleen whale, as it had baleen plates instead of teeth. Earlier in May, …

Scientists surprised to find salmonella in autopsies of whales that perished in mass strandings
4 months ago

Scientists surprised to find salmonella in autopsies of whales that perished in mass strandings

ABC  

When dozens of pilot whales died in two separate mass stranding events off the WA coast over the past 16 months, scientists from the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions were determined to find out the cause. "We're looking for firstly disease or to be able to exclude diseases," Dr Holly Raudino, marine scientist at DBCA, told Nadia Mitsopoulos on …

Crowd forms on Alaskan beach after giant endangered whale carcass washes ashore
4 months, 1 week ago

Crowd forms on Alaskan beach after giant endangered whale carcass washes ashore

The Independent  

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COP29: Why thousands are gathering around a rancid ‘dead whale’ by the Caspian Sea
4 months, 2 weeks ago

COP29: Why thousands are gathering around a rancid ‘dead whale’ by the Caspian Sea

CNN  

CNN — An enormous, rancid-smelling, 52-foot sperm whale has lain beached on the shoreline of the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest lake, since Monday. It’s a hyper-realistic model made by an organization called Captain Boomer, a Belgian-based collective of actors, sculptors and scientists, who are trying to raise awareness of global ecological destruction, including the human-caused climate crisis. So far, …

Huge dead whale washes up on British beach as experts say it is too decomposed to be taken away - and locals warn it is starting to smell
6 months ago

Huge dead whale washes up on British beach as experts say it is too decomposed to be taken away - and locals warn it is starting to smell

Daily Mail  

A huge whale carcass has washed up on a British beach as experts say its too rotten to be taken away and locals warn its beginning to smell. A huge whale carcass has washed up on a Hartlepool beach and can't be moved as experts say its too rotten to be taken away The creature is believed to be a …

Authorities still looking for entangled humpback whale off WA's South West coast
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Authorities still looking for entangled humpback whale off WA's South West coast

ABC  

The whereabouts of an entangled humpback whale are still unknown four days after it was first spotted off Western Australia's South West coast. Geographe Marine Research chair Ian Weisse sighted the whale on Sunday and said it appeared to be dragging three buoys. Entanglement 'major threat' to whale species Marine mammal researcher Dr Kate Sprogis from the UWA Ocean Institute …

35- to 40-foot fin whale washes up on Torrance Beach; public asked to keep a distance
7 months, 2 weeks ago

35- to 40-foot fin whale washes up on Torrance Beach; public asked to keep a distance

LA Times  

Officials are asking beachgoers to keep a distance from a 35- to 40-foot fin whale that washed ashore on Torrance Beach on Saturday evening and later died. “Due to its size & location it is expected that the whale will remain on the beach while responders create a plan to remove it,” the Los Angeles County Lifeguards group said in …

Huge humpback whale flips over boat, tosses fishermen into chilly sea off US coast: Watch
8 months ago

Huge humpback whale flips over boat, tosses fishermen into chilly sea off US coast: Watch

Hindustan Times  

A massive humpback whale was seen landing squarely on a small boat, tossing two fishermen into the cold New Hampshire waters in a terrifying video. Huge humpback whale flips over boat, tosses fishermen into chilly sea off US coast The video shows the 30-foot-long juvenile emerge from the surface beyond the stern of the boat, which was anchored a half-mile …

Has a spade-toothed whale washed up on a beach? Scientists are scrambling to find out
8 months, 1 week ago

Has a spade-toothed whale washed up on a beach? Scientists are scrambling to find out

CNN  

CNN — It’s a creature of the deep so rare that there’s never been a recorded live sighting, and since the 1800s only six samples have ever been documented. Now, experts in New Zealand are scrambling to confirm whether a 5-meter carcass that recently washed ashore on the country’s South Island is the near-mythical spade-toothed whale. “This whale species is …

World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach
8 months, 1 week ago

World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach

The Hindu  

The spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. The country’s conservation agency said Monday a creature that washed up on a South Island beach this month is believed to be a spade-toothed whale. “This is going to lead to some amazing science and world-first information.” If the cetacean is confirmed to be the elusive spade-toothed …

Why do so many whales end up on Britain's beaches? How discovery of largest ever mass stranding in Orkney represents a depressingly familiar sight
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why do so many whales end up on Britain's beaches? How discovery of largest ever mass stranding in Orkney represents a depressingly familiar sight

Daily Mail  

This week Scotland suffered its largest ever mass stranding of whales after 77 of them washed up on a beach in the Orkney islands. 77 pilot whales washed up on the shores of Tresness Beach on the island of Sanday in Orkney, Scotland this morning A pod of 55 pilot wales were stranded on the isle of Lewis, Scotland in …

Over 100 pilot whales beached on western Australian coast have been rescued, officials say
11 months ago

Over 100 pilot whales beached on western Australian coast have been rescued, officials say

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 29 died on the shore, officials said. Ships and a spotter plane were monitoring the rescued whales in case they returned to shore, the Parks and Wildlife Service of Western Australia state regional wildlife officer Pia Courtis said. …

Dead whale on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island is first of the year, stranding group says
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Dead whale on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island is first of the year, stranding group says

Associated Press  

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A dead humpback whale that washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island on Thursday was the first such death in the state this year, according to a marine mammal rescue group. Waves crash around a dead humpback whale that washed ashore on Long Beach Township in New Jersey’s Long Beach Island on April 11, …

Dead whale on New Jersey's Long Beach Island is first of the year, stranding group says
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Dead whale on New Jersey's Long Beach Island is first of the year, stranding group says

The Independent  

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West Coast whale population recovers 5 years after hundreds washed up ashore
11 months, 3 weeks ago

West Coast whale population recovers 5 years after hundreds washed up ashore

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Federal researchers indicate the gray whale population along the West Coast is showing signs of recovery five years after hundreds washed up dead on beaches from Alaska to Mexico. The agency has estimated the total number of eastern north Pacific Gray whales to be between 17,400 to 21,300, an increase from an estimated 13,200 to 15,960 whales last …

Starvation has decimated gray whales off the Pacific Coast. Can the giants ever recover?
1 year ago

Starvation has decimated gray whales off the Pacific Coast. Can the giants ever recover?

LA Times  

When large numbers of gray whales began washing up along North America’s Pacific Coast nearly six years ago, marine scientists could only speculate at the reason: Was it disease? Now — after more than 700 gray whales have washed ashore in Mexico, Canada, California and other U.S. states since late 2018 — new research published Tuesday in PLOS One suggests …

Walkers are warned to stay away from three 60ft sperm whales washed up on beaches in the North of England - because the carcasses may explode
1 year ago

Walkers are warned to stay away from three 60ft sperm whales washed up on beaches in the North of England - because the carcasses may explode

Daily Mail  

Beach walkers have warned to stay away from the bodies of three 60ft sperm whales washed ashore from the North Sea - amid fears the carcasses could explode and cover them in entrails. In November last year, a 54ft fin whale found washed ashore on Fistral beach in Newquay, Cornwall, garnered headlines amid fears that it too would explode. The …

Decaying gray whale washes up on Orange County beach
1 year, 1 month ago

Decaying gray whale washes up on Orange County beach

LA Times  

Desmond Peterson, 7, of Long Beach views the carcass of a gray whale that washed up on Bolsa Chica State Beach on Thursday. A gray whale that had probably been dead for weeks washed up on an Orange County beach Thursday. The decaying carcass was found on Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach, where officials told onlookers to keep …

Search still on for missing jawbone of whale believed mistaken for submarine and bombed during WWII
1 year, 2 months ago

Search still on for missing jawbone of whale believed mistaken for submarine and bombed during WWII

ABC  

The legend of the whale mistaken for a submarine and accidentally bombed during World War II has always had a place in the folklore of the Long Beach community on the NSW south coast. Resident Malcolm Morgan remembers playing as a child on one of the four-metre-long whale jawbones that lay for 20 years on Long Beach and sitting around …

Beached whale weighing up to 25 tonnes at Minnie Water on NSW north coast euthanased
1 year, 3 months ago

Beached whale weighing up to 25 tonnes at Minnie Water on NSW north coast euthanased

ABC  

Wildlife authorities have euthanased a fin whale, the world's second largest cetacean species, which washed up on a popular beach in northern New South Wales Key points: The whale was stranded at Minnie Water, 60km north of Coffs Harbour The fin whale species is rarely seen in NSW waters Experts have made the decision to euthanase the animal National Parks …

‘Unexpected but welcomed’ killer whales sighted off the coast of Newport Beach
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Unexpected but welcomed’ killer whales sighted off the coast of Newport Beach

LA Times  

An orca was sighted in Newport Beach’s waters on Sunday after a period of several sightings up and down Southern California’s coast. They just radioed, ‘We saw killer whales,’ and we found them again off Rancho Palos Verdes, but then they weren’t seen for a couple of days,” Lawler said. It’s a rare opportunity to see them in the wild …

Young humpback whale leaps out of Seattle bay, dazzling onlookers
1 year, 3 months ago

Young humpback whale leaps out of Seattle bay, dazzling onlookers

The Independent  

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Huge whale washes up on Newquay beach as residents share heartbreak
1 year, 4 months ago

Huge whale washes up on Newquay beach as residents share heartbreak

The Independent  

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Remains of whale dissected by hand on Co Down beach in order to be preserved
1 year, 5 months ago

Remains of whale dissected by hand on Co Down beach in order to be preserved

The Independent  

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Discovery of a whale carcass in Hong Kong sparks anger over the possible damage done by sightseers
1 year, 7 months ago

Discovery of a whale carcass in Hong Kong sparks anger over the possible damage done by sightseers

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The discovery of a whale carcass in Hong Kong waters Monday sparked an outpouring of grief on social media, with many comments blaming the mammal’s death on sightseers. Many residents speculated that the dead mammal was the same whale that had been attracting groups of sightseers since it was first spotted in the city’s waters in mid-July. …

Last of nearly 100 pilot whales that beached on Australia’s coast are euthanized after rescue fails
1 year, 8 months ago

Last of nearly 100 pilot whales that beached on Australia’s coast are euthanized after rescue fails

Associated Press  

PERTH, Australia — The last of nearly 100 whales that beached on the southwestern Australian coast were euthanized Wednesday after a second day of frantic, but unsuccessful efforts to rescue them, authorities said. The pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded themselves Tuesday on Cheynes Beach east of the former whaling station of Albany in Western Australia state, south of the …

Researchers hope footage of mass stranding on Cheynes Beach could help understand why whales beach themselves
1 year, 8 months ago

Researchers hope footage of mass stranding on Cheynes Beach could help understand why whales beach themselves

ABC  

Marine experts say drone footage from this week's mass stranding of pilot whales on Western Australia's south coast could help scientists understand why the animals, and whales generally, beach themselves. Key points: At least 90 whales died after a mass stranding in southern WA Footage of the pod's behaviour may provide clues to why they beached Scientists have taken samples …

More than 50 whales dead on Australian beach after mysterious mass stranding
1 year, 8 months ago

More than 50 whales dead on Australian beach after mysterious mass stranding

The Independent  

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Volunteers working to save nearly 100 beached whales in Australia, but more than half have died
1 year, 8 months ago

Volunteers working to save nearly 100 beached whales in Australia, but more than half have died

Associated Press  

PERTH, Australia — Volunteers worked frantically on a second day Wednesday to save dozens of pilot whales that have stranded themselves on a beach in Western Australia, but more than 50 have already died. Nearly 100 long-finned pilot whales, stranded themselves Tuesday on the beach by the city of Albany, on the southern tip of Western Australia, south of Perth. …

Whales euthanised after becoming re-stranded at Cheynes Beach, despite painstaking attempts to save them
1 year, 8 months ago

Whales euthanised after becoming re-stranded at Cheynes Beach, despite painstaking attempts to save them

ABC  

Veterinarians have euthanised pilot whales that re-stranded on a beach in southern Western Australia, despite painstaking attempts to herd them out to deeper water. Key points: The pod of 97 pilot whales stranded themselves on Tuesday The public is being urged to stay clear of the beach, which is closed A marine scientist says time is running out for the …

How the UK’s deadliest whale stranding in decades unfolded
1 year, 8 months ago

How the UK’s deadliest whale stranding in decades unfolded

The Independent  

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Pod of 55 pilot whales die after being stranded on a beach in Scotland
1 year, 8 months ago

Pod of 55 pilot whales die after being stranded on a beach in Scotland

Associated Press  

LONDON — A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in the area, marine experts said Monday. “Pilot whales are notorious for their strong social bonds, so often when one whale gets into difficulty and strands, the rest follow,” it said in a …

Beached whale to be buried at Seven Mile Beach, Lennox Head
1 year, 8 months ago

Beached whale to be buried at Seven Mile Beach, Lennox Head

ABC  

An excavator has been brought in to bury the carcass of a 20-tonne beached whale that died on the New South Wales far north coast. Key points: Authorities have confirmed a beached whale has died on the NSW far north coast There are concerns its burial could threaten an upcoming surfing competition Humpback whales have been migrating closer to shore, …

Humpback whale spotted off Cornwall coast in rare sighting
1 year, 9 months ago

Humpback whale spotted off Cornwall coast in rare sighting

The Independent  

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Beached whale had lesions which suggested entanglement, expert says
1 year, 10 months ago

Beached whale had lesions which suggested entanglement, expert says

The Independent  

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Second whale in two days washes up on to a UK beach
1 year, 10 months ago

Second whale in two days washes up on to a UK beach

The Independent  

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Humpback whale found on beach died after entanglement in creel lines, tests show
1 year, 10 months ago

Humpback whale found on beach died after entanglement in creel lines, tests show

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Whale carcass washes up on Highlands beach
1 year, 10 months ago

Whale carcass washes up on Highlands beach

The Independent  

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‘Challenging operation’ removing dead fin whale from beach, says council
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Challenging operation’ removing dead fin whale from beach, says council

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Dead minke whale washes up on Scottish beach
1 year, 11 months ago

Dead minke whale washes up on Scottish beach

The Independent  

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Bali searches for answers after unusual whale strandings
1 year, 11 months ago

Bali searches for answers after unusual whale strandings

Al Jazeera  

Bali, Indonesia – An unusual series of whale strandings have raised concern in Indonesia, with three of the massive mammals beached on Bali since the start of April. The most recent event took place over the weekend when the carcass of a 17-metre-long sperm whale – a deep-sea species that does not commonly become stranded – was discovered on Bali’s …

Sperm whale feared dead after becoming stranded on UK beach
1 year, 11 months ago

Sperm whale feared dead after becoming stranded on UK beach

The Independent  

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