Mysterious stranded whales get medical aid from Mississippi experts

Two seriously ill young melon-headed whales - a species not seen in the area for 40 years - are being tended at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies

Marine experts in Mississippi are working around the clock as a mysterious pair of whales, their species unseen in south Mississippi for 40 years, fight for survival.

Moby Solangi, director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, said a fisherman on Tuesday reported what he thought were two dead dolphins on the beach in Waveland.