Celebrities and animal lovers from around the world are flocking to the Faroe Islands in a bid to stop a controversial dolphin hunt that activists describe as an "archaic mass slaughter".
Ecology
Aug 3, 2014
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US scientists are to investigate what led 22 whales to beach themselves in Florida—killing 17 of them—one of three such incidents in North America over the weekend.
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2012
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More than 50 beached pilot whales perished in New Zealand Friday, the latest in a spate of mass strandings this week that experts have linked to rising ocean temperatures.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2018
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More than 60 pilot whales died in a mass stranding at a remote New Zealand beach, conservation officials said Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2011
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A lone whale was rescued from among hundreds of carcasses Sunday, taking to 110 the number of creatures that survived a mass stranding in southern Australia.
Ecology
Sep 27, 2020
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Rescue workers are in a race against time to refloat 100 whales stranded on a New Zealand shore a day after a mass beaching left hundreds dead.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2017
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Fourteen whales have washed up on Atlantic Coast beaches since Dec. 1, but marine mammal experts and some conservation groups urge caution before jumping to conclusions about why these animals and others died.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2023
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(AP) -- Sixty-six survivors of a pod of 80 pilot whales that beached in New Zealand freed themselves and swam back to sea during a high tide, rescuers said on Saturday.
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2011
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A lot of people think what Leigh Torres has done this summer and fall would qualify her for a spot on one of those "World's Worst Jobs" lists.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2016
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The mass stranding of more than 400 pilot whales on the beaches of New Zealand on Friday ranks among the worst in a nation accustomed to the phenomenon.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2017
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