More than 50 pilot whales have stranded on Farewell Spit as volunteers work to rescue them. Project Jonah New Zealand said on ...

More than 50 pilot whales have stranded on Farewell Spit, Golden Bay. Volunteers working to rescue them have stood down for the night. Project Jonah New Zealand said it was notified of a pod of whales ...

The stranding, in an isolated part of Stewart Island, off the coast of the South Island, was the largest in New Zealand since 250 pilot whales died last year in one of the worst such incidents in the ...

Rescuers in New Zealand have saved 28 pilot whales who became stranded in shallow water. The volunteers and medics working for a nonprofit have been trying to refloat the animals since Monday on the ...

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 ...

The animals are being buried in a mass grave at the site. LONDON -- Fifty-one more pilot whales beached themselves and died in New Zealand, raising to nearly 200 the number that have done so over the ...