Environment | Oceans, December 6th, 2022

On September 21st 2020, 470 pilot whales were stranded on Ocean Beach, Tasmania, in the largest mass whale or dolphin stranding event recorded in Australian history. Exactly two years later, a further 230 pilot whales were found stranded on the same beach. Two weeks later, in October 2022, 477 pilot whales died stranded on Chatham Island, New Zealand. These tragic, high-profile stranding events make headlines, but why do they happen?