New Zealand has recorded more than 5,000 whale strandings since 1840. The largest pilot whale stranding was of an estimated 1,000 whales at the Chatham Islands in 1918, according to the ...
Officials praised as "incredible" the efforts made by hundreds of people to help save the foundering pilot whales.
New Zealand locals help rescue more than 30 whales stranded on beach - Four of the pilot whales died, New Zealand’s ...
An extremely rare spade-toothed beaked whale is being examined by researchers in New Zealand. Only seven of its kind have ...
More than 30 pilot whales stranded on a New Zealand beach were successfully returned to the sea thanks to a collaborative effort by locals and conservation workers, who used sheets to refloat ...
None of the rescued whales were re-stranded, but three adults and one calf died, authorities said.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of ...
The spade-toothed whale, Mesoplodon traversi, is the world's rarest whale. Since 1872, only seven specimens have been found, ...