Volunteers continued efforts to free whales beached off the Australian island of Tasmania, rescuers said on Wednesday, with another 200 stranded mammals found, bringing to a total of 470 on record and making it one of the country’s biggest beachings. The discovery makes it Australia’s biggest beaching in modern times, and draws attention to a natural phenomenon which scientists say has no known cause.
- Race to rescue nearly 50 beached whales in Australia after dozens dead
- Total of 70 beached whales rescued off Australia coast, but hundreds more lost
- Nearly 500 whales found beached off Australia, many of which have already died