Scientists unravel the big mystery of a beached whale

Scientists unravel the big mystery of a beached whale

The beached fin whale seems to be the latest victim of a pod of marauding orcas that has been eating and harassing dolphins and other marine mammals.

  • byDino Grandoni

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A Murray River fossil rewrites the history of earth’s biggest creatures

A Murray River fossil rewrites the history of earth’s biggest creatures

The pale-white slab was locked away for a century. New analysis has redefined the history of the ocean and all the creatures that depend on it – including humans.

  • byAngus Dalton
Skeleton of beached Perth sperm whale could be displayed in museum

Skeleton of beached Perth sperm whale could be displayed in museum

The whale has attracted sharks,and swimming and diving in the area is not advised.

  • byHolly Thompson
Whale beached off Rockingham dies despite efforts to save it
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Fremantle

Whale beached off Rockingham dies despite efforts to save it

A whale that came close to swimmers at Port Beach on Saturday before beaching itself on a Rockingham sandbar two days later,has sadly died.

  • byHeather McNeill andHolly Thompson
Sammi the elephant seal has taken a wrong turn,and so have we
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Biodiversity

Sammi the elephant seal has taken a wrong turn,and so have we

A gas exploration company seeks permission to blast continuous noise into a seabed from which a rich chain of life explodes in glorious style every day.

  • byTony Wright
Play time:Whales enjoy ‘kelping’ or playing with seaweed,study says

Play time:Whales enjoy ‘kelping’ or playing with seaweed,study says

The humpbacks,grey,southern rights and a northern right were spotted throwing,lifting,swimming through seaweed,even wrapping it around their own fins.

  • byErin Blakemore
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Man dies after boat ‘collides with whale’ in Botany Bay
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Man dies after boat ‘collides with whale’ in Botany Bay

Reports suggest two men were flung into the water after a whale breached close to the vessel,police say.

  • byMegan Gorrey andGeorgina Mitchell
Humpback whales sighted near Sydney Opera House

Humpback whales sighted near Sydney Opera House

Ferry passengers enjoyed a free whale watching experience as the inquisitive mammals swam near the Harbour Bridge before turning back towards the open ocean.

  • byBen Cubby
‘We’d given them names’:Whale rescue volunteers heartbroken over beaching deaths
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Perth

‘We’d given them names’:Whale rescue volunteers heartbroken over beaching deaths

Nearly 100 whales who beached themselves off the southern coast of Western Australia have died after the surviving half of the pod stranded themselves again on Wednesday night after being freed.

  • byHeather McNeill andHolly Thompson
Dozens of whales dead after mass stranding in WA
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Dozens of whales dead after mass stranding in WA

Dozens of whales have died after more than 70 were stranded on a beach in Western Australia.

Volunteers distressed as saved whales return to beach
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Perth

Volunteers distressed as saved whales return to beach

Volunteers in kayaks gently herded 45 surviving whales into deeper water,but they returned and beached themselves again.

  • byHolly Thompson