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

More than 150 false killer whales have washed up on the coast of the Australian island state of Tasmania, with none of them ...

A new study by Trevor Branch at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences shows that some species of baleen whales ...

Credit: Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania/Cover Images More than 150 false killer whales beached themselves during a mass stranding near Arthur River in Tasmania, Australia on ...

Over time, that name morphed into "killer whales." Scientists don't know whether orcas kill for fun. The marine mammals do some things, like killing and tossing dead porpoises in the air ...

When the whales visited in 2022, Coast Reporter talked with Gary Sutton, a whale research technician with Ocean Wise. The Southern Resident Killer Whales –– pods J, K and L –– are more common around ...

That legal precedent also applies to the killer whales, which are similarly protected ... will spill oil or some other contaminant into the ocean. “The urgency of their situation is only ...

When the whales visited in 2022, Coast Reporter talked with Gary Sutton, a whale research technician with Ocean Wise. The Southern Resident Killer Whales –– pods J, K and L –– are more ...