Tag: whales mortality

• Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:19 UTC

  Pod of 157 false killer whales stranded in Tasmania; most died and survivors have to be euthanized

  

  Australian authorities have confirmed that 67 of the 157 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach on Tasmania’s West Coast overnight Tuesday/Wednesday have died. Parks and Wildlife’s Shelley Graham said on Wednesday afternoon that the surviving whales remain in “unfavorable” conditions, with attempts to refloat two of them unsuccessful, meaning euthanasia is a strong solution.

• Thursday, September 29th 2016 - 11:30 UTC

  Scientists trying to determine the increase of whales' beaching all along Chile's coastline

  

  Several huge whales have washed up dead over recent months on beaches in northern Chile, where scientists suspect they are moving in increasing numbers due to climate change. After the beaching of hundreds of dead whales in the south last year, the trend has now shifted to areas where the phenomenon was previously rare.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2015 - 06:12 UTC

  US NOAA to investigate whale stranding as an “unusual mortality event”

  

  The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has declared the recent deaths of 30 large whales in the western Gulf of Alaska an “unusual mortality event,” triggering a focused, expert investigation into the cause. An unusual mortality event is a stranding event that is unexpected, involves a significant die-off of a marine mammal population and demands immediate response.