Department liaison officer Brendon Clark said the stranding was the first by false killer whales in Tasmania in since 1974.

Dozens of false killer whales stranded on a remote beach in the Australian state of Tasmania will be euthanised after bad weather and the isolated location hampered efforts to push them back into the ...

Wildlife authorities in Tasmania have decided to euthanise the surviving false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach ...

Australian wildlife officers have made the difficult decision to euthanize 90 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach ...

Some baleen whale species are capable of evading orcas — their only known predators — by using stealth-like communication, according to new research. Specifically, the marine mammals can sing at ...

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Feb. 12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. In Antarctica, killer whales hunt using their intelligence and teamwork. Swimming ...

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Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

Southern right whale populations were decimated after nearly 300 years of hunting in the South Atlantic. An international team of researchers, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), travels to the ...