Tag: cetacean

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 18:05 UTC

  Orcas sighted off the coast of Argentine province of Rio Negro

  

  A calf of killer whales only a few days old has been sighted for the first time off the Punta Bermeja area, on the Rio Negro coast, leading specialists to speculate that its parents would not be far away.

• Monday, February 25th 2013 - 22:06 UTC

  Pod of pilot whales beached in south Chile; 20 dead and 26 saved

  

  At least twenty pilot whales stranded in the south of Chile died while another twenty six from the pod were rescued by local fishermen, Coast Guard personnel and the high tide, reports La Prensa Austral from Punta Arenas.

• Thursday, February 14th 2013 - 20:46 UTC

  Pod of pilot whales found dead after stranding in the east coast of the Falklands

  

  Falklands Conservation confirmed the stranding of long-finned pilot whales including the death of 22 adults on the east coast of East Falkland at Pleasand Roads, half way between Stanley and Mare Harbour.