Haven’t heard of them? It’s okay; you’re not the only one. The remote Pacific Ocean archipelago near the international date line is technically part of New Zealand. And as New Zealand’s borders remain ...

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - State Representative Jesse Petrea says he and State Senator Ben Watson have decided to introduce a “placeholder” bill for the possibility of a referendum on the incorporation of ...

Two groups totalling almost 500 pilot whales were stranded, officials said. Hundreds of pilot whales that beached on the Chatham Islands in the last week died of natural causes or were euthanized, ...

Almost 100 whales have died on the beaches of a remote collection of islands in the Pacific Ocean following a mass stranding event. According to the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), staff ...

The whales will be given a ceremonial burial with help from local native tribes Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared ...

As Chief Executive Officer of Southside Communities Fire Protection, operating as Chatham Emergency Services (CES), and a resident of Wilmington Island, I care about the impact of potential ...

The Government has confirmed the company that will procure a new Chatham Islands supply vessel, in a significant milestone which will see it operational in 2027.

Hundreds of pilot whales washed up on the remote shores of New Zealand’s Chatham Islands in two separate “mass stranding” events that occurred just days apart and deeply “affected” the people who live ...

A new city government could operate much more efficiently as long as a “wackadoodle” is not elected, Adam Avant told a crowd of more than 200 people at St. Andrew’s School Thursday night. Avant, a ...

Islands are natural laboratories where evolution can run rampant as plants and animals adapt to new environmental conditions and vacancies in the ecosystem. This creates all manner of unique animals, ...

A remote collection of islands off the coast of New Zealand recorded its first-ever cases of COVID-19 more than two years into the pandemic. Monique Croon, mayor of the archipelago named Chatham ...