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"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

‘Devastating’ whale deaths remain a mystery for scientists

Experts are struggling to understand a deadly phenomenon, as hundreds of whales meet their deaths on Australian shores

The New Daily

Mass whale stranding rescue operation at Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour saves around 30 out of 230

The whale rescue effort on Tasmania's west coast has managed to refloat over 30 of the animals which beached themselves — but around 200 could not be saved.

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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

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

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

Bloody scenes as 14 rare sperm whales found dead in mysterious mass stranding

At least 14 endangered sperm whales - thought to be a "bachelor pod" of young males - has been stranded on King Island on Australia's island state of Tasmania, which is known to be a hotspot for the freak incidents

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Variety of whales visit NSW Far South Coast, intriguing marine experts, citizen scientists

Whale season is in full swing, but tourist boat operators and citizen scientists are most excited about the increasing number of less social whales sighted this year.

ABC News

Gold Coast beachgoers flag down rescue crews to help whale caught in shark net in Currumbin

A surfer has jumped into action to help alert authorities after another whale was caught in shark nets — the fifth this season. But the Queensland government says it has no plans to remove the nets.

ABC News

Rare southern right whale calf sighting a thrilling start to NSW far south coast whale watching season

The whale watching season on the NSW far south coast is underway early with tours booked off the coasts of Bermagui, Merimbula and Eden.

ABC News

Curious kids: why don’t whales have teeth like we do?

Why don’t whales have teeth like we do? asked by Henry, 6 years old.

The Conversation

Dead whale which washed up at Mallacoota is not Migaloo

Analysis of photos taken of a whale carcass at Mallacoota, in Victoria's east, show that the animal is female, while the famous albino whale Migaloo is male.

ABC News

The whale carcass is not that of Migaloo, but who is the creature that has fascinated us for decades?

Despite the perils of being an albino whale, the 40-tonne, 15-metre humpback made it to adulthood and is believed to be aged in his 30s.

ABC News

Dead white whale in Vic not famed Migaloo

A whale that washed up dead on a beach in Victoria's east is a sub-adult female and not famous albino humpback Migaloo.

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Update: White Whale Found On Vic Beach Wasn’t Our Boy Migaloo But I’m Crying Anyway

I hate this edition of “Guess Who?”

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White whale washes up on Mallacoota beach

A white whale carcass has washed up on a beach in far-east Victoria, prompting questions about whether it might be the well-known white whale, Migaloo.

The Conversation

Why do whales keep getting tangled in shark nets? And what should you do if you see it happen?

Australians have watched in horror this week as two separate humpback whales were tangled up in Queensland shark nets on the same day. These put the number of whales caught in Queensland shark nets to four this season – that we know about.

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Migaloo, Who Is Hated By Absolutely No One, May Sadly Be Dead

The large lad was last seen two years ago.

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Is Migaloo ... dead? As climate change transforms the ocean, the iconic white humpback has been missing for two years

It’s that time of year again, when the humpback highway is about to hit peak blubber to blubber as humpback whales migrate up Australia’s east and west coasts from Antarctic waters.

ABC News

Where to watch humpback whales and southern right whales in Australia during winter

Welcome to whale season. Get to know these iconic visitors from the Southern Ocean, meet the people who study them, and find out how you can become a citizen scientist.

The Guardian - AU

‘Completely weird-looking’: rare all-white whale spotted off the coast of New South Wales

Unique coloration of smaller-than-usual albino humpback sparks speculation it is offspring of famous white whale Migaloo

The New Daily

Shark attacks are a grim reality of Australian life, but they’re rarer than you probably think

A fatal shark attack in Sydney was the first in the city since 1963. Experts say it was a freak tragedy because sharks do not seek out humans to prey on.

ABC News

Fatal shark attack in Sydney's Little Bay 'rare and uncommon', experts say

The shark which fatally mauled Simon Nellist off a Sydney beach this week might never be tracked down, such is their scarcity around the Harbour City, a marine scientist says.

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