Department liaison officer Brendon Clark said the stranding was the first by false killer whales in Tasmania since 1974. That was a pod of more than 160 whales that landed on a beach near Stanley on ...

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

Strandings in Tasmania are usually pilot whales. Clark declined to speculate on why the latest pod might have stranded. Carcasses of dead whales would be examined for clues, he said. A helicopter ...

Strandings in Tasmania are usually pilot whales. Clark declined to speculate on why the latest pod might have stranded. Carcasses of dead whales would be examined for clues, he said. A helicopter ...

Strandings in Tasmania are usually pilot whales. The largest mass stranding in Australian history occurred in the same harbor in 2020 when 470 long-finned pilot whales became stuck on sandbars.

Rescuers are trying to free a pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded off the Australian island of Tasmania. Around 470 whales are in the pod, more than half of which have already died ...

An Aussie state has had to enact a tragic “last resort” decision after more than 150 whales were stranded on a remote beach.

It remains unclear how many survived. Around 470 pilot whales stranded at Macquarie Harbour near Strahan in Tasmania’s west coast in 2020, followed by another 200 in the same area in 2022.

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

Australia's largest mass stranding incident was when 470 long-finned pilot whales were found at the Macquarie Harbor in 2020. About 230 pilot whales were found stranded at the same harbor in 2022.