Whales
Play time: Whales enjoy ‘kelping’ or playing with seaweed, study says
The humpbacks, grey, southern rights and a northern right were spotted throwing, lifting, swimming through seaweed, even wrapping it around their own fins.
- by Erin Blakemore
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Man dies after boat ‘collides with whale’ in Botany Bay
Reports suggest two men were flung into the water after a whale breached close to the vessel, police say.
- by Megan Gorrey and Georgina Mitchell
Humpback whales sighted near Sydney Opera House
Ferry passengers enjoyed a free whale watching experience as the inquisitive mammals swam near the Harbour Bridge before turning back towards the open ocean.
- by Ben Cubby
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Perth
‘We’d given them names’: Whale rescue volunteers heartbroken over beaching deaths
Nearly 100 whales who beached themselves off the southern coast of Western Australia have died after the surviving half of the pod stranded themselves again on Wednesday night after being freed.Â
- by Heather McNeill and Holly Thompson
Dozens of whales dead after mass stranding in WA
Dozens of whales have died after more than 70 were stranded on a beach in Western Australia.
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Perth
Volunteers distressed as saved whales return to beach
Volunteers in kayaks gently herded 45 surviving whales into deeper water, but they returned and beached themselves again.
- by Holly Thompson
Mass whale rescue underway off WA beach
Rescuers are attempting to release the beached whales at the same time to prevent them re-beaching themselves with the rest of their pod.
Rescuers in race against time to save stranded whales
It's believed most of the whales that beached at a West Australian beach on Monday afternoon have died overnight. Video credit: 9 News Perth / Sarah Smith.
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Ballina
Whale dies after washing ashore near Ballina
The 30-tonne humpback whale died at a Lennox Head beach after maritime rescuers spent much of the day scrambling to save it.
- by Anthony Segaert
Warning as video shows shark frenzy on dead humpback
The frenzy involved about 50 tiger sharks scavenging a humpback that died of natural causes and was adrift.
- by John Crouch
Whale swims with kayaker on a morning paddle in Sydney
A kayaker has been treated to a once-in-a-lifetime experience with a humpback whale swimming alongside them on Saturday morning.
- by Alex Crowe and Julie Power