Short-finned pilot whales have been observed making high-speed chases after prey at great depths, the first time such behavior has been seen in deep-diving mammals.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Some 125 pilot whales died in New Zealand after stranding on the beach over the weekend - but vacationers and conservation workers Sunday ...
Fifty-eight pilot whales died after they washed onto an isolated beach in northern New Zealand and rescue volunteers' initial efforts to refloat 15 others that survived failed Friday.
(AP) -- At least 40 out of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote northern New Zealand beach have died, and more whales are joining them on land, officials said Wednesday.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand conservation officials on Friday euthanized 10 pilot whales, the only survivors of a 24-strong pod that became stranded in a mangrove swamp....
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- New Zealand wildlife officials say more than 100 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a beach on the country's southernmost island.
The ability of pilot whales to make calls is severely diminished when they dive deeper than about 260 feet, researchers report.
... of cetacean sociabilityThe distressed, and distressing, behaviour of the pilot whales currently threatening to beach themselves ... species (the long-finned and the short-finned pilot whale) they can be found in almost every ocean. The combined ...
Fifteen pilot whales are caught in shallow water at Kyle of Durness in the Highlands, according to a rescue team.
A group of 90 pilot whales beach on a spit at the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island - the second incident in the area this month.
In the waters around Samoa, researchers observe a pod of pilot whales, a dolphin species with a matrilineal social hierarchy.
Rescuers are struggling to help a pod of pilot whales that beached at a South Florida state park.
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.
... when they identify the presence of an external threat. There are 300 pilot whales inhabiting the Straight of Gibraltar. Here ... there are not so many boats (Cape Breton in Canada). The pilot whales are social species and we were interested in seeing ...
Pilot whales that have died in mass strandings in New Zealand and Australia included many unrelated individuals ... study concludes, challenging a popular assumption that whales follow each other onto the beach and to almost ...
