Medicine & TechnologyNew Zealand witnessed one of the largest whale stranding in history. While the exact cause of mass stranding remains a mystery, historically many factors are believed to drive these whales to kill themselves by beaching.
Most of the 415 whales that washed up on a narrow sand spit in Golden Bay, New Zealand died by Thursday night, while scores of volunteers armed with blankets struggled to keep the surviving animals wet to refloat them during a life-saving tide.