More than 50 of the mammals, a large species of dolphin, got into difficulty in Lewis in 2023.

Experts from the Scottish government’s Marine Directorate reported that the group of pilot-finned whales, who are a highly social species, had likely followed the female into shallow waters on the ...

More than 50 long-finned whales died after they got into difficulty in Tolsta Bay in the summer of 2023 A large-scale stranding of long-finned pilot whales in Lewis may have been triggered by a female ...

Mass stranding of 55 whales in Scotland caused by animals’ loyalty towards female member suffering difficult birth - It is believed that the entire pod followed the female into shallow waters where th ...