A pod of 28 pilot whales that were left stranded on a New Zealand beach on Thursday are likely be put down as there is little chance of refloating them, wildlife officials said.
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2012
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Locals on a remote island in eastern Indonesia on Tuesday cut up several dead pilot whales for food after a mass stranding that killed at least 41 of the mammals, an official said.
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2012
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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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(AP)—Rescuers are struggling to help a pod of pilot whales that beached at a South Florida state park.
Ecology
Sep 2, 2012
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Scientists studying the calls made by killer whales and pilot whales have a big problem: these whales talk too much.
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2012
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University of Massachusetts Amherst fish biologists have published one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years, collected from the sea floor about 2,237 feet (682 meters) below the North Atlantic. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2012
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A pod of about 40 beached pilot whales re-stranded themselves in New Zealand Tuesday after volunteers worked for hours to get them back into the sea, officials said.
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2012
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A pod of 90 pilot whales have beached themselves at the top of New Zealand's South island, in the same area where seven whales died in a mass stranding earlier this month, according to officials.
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2012
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With the constant churn of freighter propellers, the percussive thump of oil and gas exploration and the underwater din of military testing, ocean noise levels have become unbearable for some sea mammals.
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2011
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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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