Samples From Stranded Whales Give Hope for Research on Beachings

Rescuers work to save a pod of whales stranded on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbour on September 22, 2020. BRODIE WEEDING via Getty Images

There is hope that samples taken from Australia’s largest mass whale stranding can shed light on why the mammals beach themselves.

More than 250 dead whales have been documented by scientists at the Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery.