The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

"Complete mystery": Experts baffled by back-to-back strandings killing hundreds of whales

Experts say there are a few common theories for why these mass whale strandings keep happening.

Axios · Sep 22, 2022

32 pilot whales have been rescued out of 230 stranded in Tasmania

The whales were found stranded on the remote west coast of Australia's island state of Tasmania. A marine biologist said the dead animals would be tested for toxins that might explain the disaster.

WEKU · Sep 22, 2022

Nearly 200 stranded sperm whales die on Tasmanian beach – and climate crisis may be to blame

Scientists say sperm whale beachings are unusual, and the climate crisis could be changing ocean currents and moving the animals’ food supply

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

Why is Tasmania the site of so many mass whale strandings? Here's what we know

Two whale stranding events in a week, with the second happening in the same location as Australia's worst ever beaching two years ago. This is what we know about why Tasmania is causing whales such trouble.

ABC News · Sep 21, 2022

Rescuers rush to save hundreds of pilot whales stranded on Tasmanian beach

Marine wildlife experts are assessing the scene near Strahan – the same location as Australia’s worst mass stranding exactly two years ago

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2022

Dozens of pilot whales feared dead in Australian mass stranding

A rorqual - a species of baleen whale - refloated off the western French coast on Tuesday has returned to shallow water and is once again in difficulty.This as a pod of about 230 pilot whales was found stranded on the rugged west coast of Tasmania on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 21, 2022

Authorities rush to save 230 whales stranded in Tasmania as experts fear over half dead

Marine conservation experts fear many may have already died

Irish Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

Rescue effort under way after some 230 whales beached in Tasmania

Latest mass stranding of whale pod comes just day after 14 sperm whales were found beached off Tasmania’s King Island.

Al Jazeera · Sep 21, 2022

More than 200 whales stranded on Tasmania’s west coast days after beaching nearby

The pod, which is stranded on Ocean Beach, appears to be pilot whales

Evening Standard · Sep 21, 2022

Helping stranded whales a job for trained people, with untrained volunteers urged to assist in other ways

Another mass whale stranding in Tasmania, two years to the day of the last tragic scene, is likely to prompt well-meaning locals to want to help — so, why are volunteer rescuers turned away from such events?

ABC News · Sep 21, 2022