Apocalyptic image': More than 330 whales found dead in largest known whale stranding event

In April 2015, Vreni Häussermann, Director of the Huinay Scientific Field Station in Chilean Patagonia, and her team, discovered nearly 30 dead sei whales on the Gulf of Penas along Chile’s southern coast while surveying the region’s marine fauna. Sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) are members of the baleen whale family, and can reach lengths of 50 feet and can weigh around […]

Nearly 200 whales die after being stranded on Australian beach

Nearly 100 whales die following mass stranding along Australia's

World's biggest ever whale beaching discovered - with 337 bodies

Whale death hi-res stock photography and images - Page 3 - Alamy

Gray whales are in the midst of an 'unusual mortality event,' NOAA

Whale death hi-res stock photography and images - Page 3 - Alamy

Cetacean stranding - Wikipedia

14 sperm whales found dead on Australia island, officials say

Sperm whales die in mass stranding on Australian beach

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