Update: fin whale on Essex’ beach was hit died after being hit by a ship
The fin whale juvenile was already dead when it was washed ashore in Essex, UK, last week, as we reported here. While the police and...
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Beaches closed after dead fin whale stranding
The 12-metre long fin whale carcass had been floating off the coast before it was washed in on the tide and got stuck around a groyne...
Scientists call EU for action against bycatch after more than a thousand strandings during winter
The Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has published advice, warning the European Commission to take immediate action in...
Mink whale dies after becoming stranded alive in sea loch
The male mink whale was discovered trashing in the rocks in Loch Eport in North Uist, UK. It became stuck in the narrow channel shortly...
Rare pygmy sperm whale stranded in California
After a lifeguard on duty found the nine-foot animal on the San Onofre State Beach, it was first identified as a pygmy sperm whale by a...
Baby dolphin euthanized after stranding alone
The striped dolphin baby was alive when it was found on a beach in Puerto de Alcudia on the Spanish island Majorca. However, several...
Gray whale washed up in Pacific County
Another dead gray whale was found dead on the coast of Washington, the fifth this primary season. Cascadia Research collective stranding...
Stranded gray whale towed out to sea
A dead gray whale was washed ashore on the Californian coast last week. It was discovered by a local family in the currently closed...
What a stranded whale tells about its life
Early in the morning last year, the Freelance writer Kaitlyn accompanied first responder Moe Flannery on a call about a dead humpback...
Two dead harbour porpoises on English shores
Shortly after a harbour porpoise was reported stranded in Eastbourne, another dead individual was found on Brighton’s seafront. The adult...
Australian researchers finally able to study voluntary beaching in humpback dolphins
Humpback dolphins, a species only scientifically described in 2014, shows a startling behaviour in the Fitzroy River in eastern...
Marine wildlife team frees entangled dolphin in Florida
Saturday morning, the team of Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder (DPMMR) got notice of an entangled dolphin off Long Key, an island in...
Mutilated whale shark found on Indian shore
The five meter long carcass of a juvenile male whale shark was found on the Baga beach in Panaji, India. Its dorsal and tail fin had been...
Lockdown complicates disposal of dead mink whale on New Zealand’s shore
The mink whale was found near the Rangiata River by a family on Wednesday. It was still alive when the Department of Conservation (DOC)...
Two dead porpoises washed up on Bray Beach
Only a couple days after the last porpoise stranding, another two were washed up only within days from each other on the same beach. The...
Taking a positive approach to the gray whale die-off
The stranding of more than 200 gray whales on the Pacific coast last year has been classified as an unusual mortality event by the NOAA...
Dead humpback washed ashore whale in New York
A dead humpback whale was washed ashore on Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York, earlier last week. The carcass had initially been sighted...
Mississippi braces for renewed consequences with possible reopening of Bonnet Carre Spillway
It was only this week that the last pair of endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles could be released after successful rehabilitation. They...
Gray whale and orca stranded in Mexico
The Federal Environmental Protection Agency (Parepa) had to respond to several cases over the last week. First, a dead female gray whale...
Stranding networks slowed by Coronavirus
COVID-19 holds the world in a tight grip, with repercussions not only on our economy and social life but also on science. Forensic staff...
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