Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As many as 55 pilot whales washed up on Farewell Spit, on New Zealand’s southern island - Reuters A rescue mission has been ...

More than half a century after the last whale was caught and killed in New Zealand, humpbacks are showing promising signs of ...

The whales stranded themselves on what's known as a deathtrap for ocean life. — -- Rescue workers are trying to save nearly 200 whales that were beached in New Zealand on Friday, though at least ...

A declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections.

NEW ZEALAND -- Drone video captured three killer whales trailing a swimmer at Hahei Beach in New Zealand. Swimmer Judie Johnson told local media she thought the killer whales were dolphins until she ...

AUCKLAND, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Fifteen whales restranded and six have died after a mass stranding at Farewell Spit on the coast of New Zealand’s South Island, conservation group Project Jonah said on ...

Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say. None of the stranded whales could be refloated and all either died ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared Ranahan is a reporter who covers travel and ecotourism. While the North Island of New Zealand plays host to famed tourist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 9 (UPI) --Six pilot whales are dead and 15 others are stranded on New Zealand's South Island, and volunteers are furiously ...