whales

Entire pod of 97 pilot whales dies in Australia beaching

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Nearly 100 pilot whales have died after beaching in Western Australia, wildlife officials said Thursday, following…

230 pilot whales stranded in Australia, ‘about half’ feared dead

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Around 230 pilot whales were found stranded on the rugged west coast of Tasmania Wednesday,…

Dozens of whales strand at notorious New Zealand bay

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Rescuers were racing Monday to save dozens of pilot whales that beached on a…

Dozens of whales die stranded on Indonesian beach

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Forty-six small whales stranded on a beach in Indonesia have died, after rescue efforts succeeded…

Sri Lanka rescues 120 whales after mass stranding

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka's navy and volunteers rescued 120 pilot whales stranded in the country's biggest mass…

Hundreds of whales stranded in southern Australia

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — At least twenty-five whales have died and scientists are trying to rescue 250 more that are…

Climate change forces Arctic animals to shift feeding habits: study

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their…

Climate change pushing killer whales to migrate north

by Olivier MORIN with Gael BRANCHEREAU in Stockholm Agence France-Presse NORWAY (AFP) -- Paying no attention to nearby divers, a killer…

145 whales die on remote New Zealand beach

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Up to 145 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding in a remote part…

Recovery of endangered whales hampered by humans long after hunting

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- When an endangered female North Atlantic right whale spends months, even…

About 200 beached whales refloat themselves in N. Zealand

Farewell Spit, New Zealand (AFP) -- Most of the more than 200 whales who became stranded on New Zealand's notorious…

Whales in the wild: rare gem amid Thailand mass tourism

by Delphine THOUVENOT Agence France-Presse GULF OF THAILAND, Thailand (AFP) -- Piercing the water's surface with its almond-shaped mouth, a giant…

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