"There are many natural causes ... as well as other factors." Officials make difficult decision after discovering 90 whales ...

Open the Youtube video There have been no false killer whale strandings in Tasmania for around 50 years, but other species strand on the Island frequently, including 480 pilot whales in 2020 ...

Australian authorities are to euthanise scores of false killer whales left suffering on a beach after a mass stranding in remote Tasmania. Marine experts said today that they have given up hope of ...

A woman inspects a false killer whale stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania on February 19, 2025 [Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania via AP] A local resident, Jocelyn Flint ...

Despite its name, the false killer whale is a highly sociable species of dolphin. These animals, which can grow up to 6m long, live in large pods, making them more susceptible to mass strandings.

Wildlife authorities are euthanasing what remains of a false killer whale pod that stranded itself on Tasmania's west coast. An expert says figuring out why the stranding happened is the "million ...

The 90 surviving false killer whales that stranded on a beach ... on-site teams had yet to determine the best method to dispose of the false whale carcasses. "It may be a case of the carcasses ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - 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 ...

An international team of marine biologists have published research in Molecular Ecology that shows the benefits of gene flow ...

Challenging surf conditions forced rescuers to abandon their efforts to save a pod of 157 stranded false killer whales.

Despite its name, the false killer whale is a highly sociable species of dolphin. These animals, which can grow up to 6m long, live in large pods, making them more susceptible to mass strandings.

Conservation specialists are working to save the 90 remaining alive. False killer whale strandings in Tasmania are rare, with the last one occurring more than 50 years ago. In this photo provided ...