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More than 50 beached pilot whales perished in New Zealand Friday, the latest in a spate of mass strandings this week that experts have linked to rising ocean temperatures. The dead whales were part of ...

A rare white whale was recently spotted off the coast of New Zealand, and experts believe it may be the elusive Migaloo. Photo from Georgia Phelps Georgia Phelps hopped in her car and hightailed it ...

An entangled humpback whale was rescued by conservation officials and anglers off the coast of New Zealand. Photo from Zane Muir, UnSplash An entangled humpback whale was rescued off the coast of New ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Rescuers were monitoring a pod of pilot whales swimming just off the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island late on Tuesday after more than a dozen of the group were killed ...