TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV) — Two melon-headed whales stranded in December, one on Tybee Island and the other on Sea Island, marking the first documented strandings on Georgia’s coast.

The bodies of two male melon-headed whales were found 50 miles apart along the southeastern coast of the United States―one of them on the North Shore of Tybee Island. Staff from the city of Tybee Dept ...

The bodies of two male melon-headed whales were found 50 miles apart along the southeastern coast of the United States―one of them on the North Shore of Tybee Island. Staff from the city of ...

Whales live in waters over 1,000 metres deep and are social, forming cohesive groups that in some cases may number hundreds ...

which are very different looking from other whale species. They have a large bulbous head, which has led to another common name – Melon-headed whale. These aren’t very large whales with the ...