I see what you mean. I'm not sure what was first published on this stranding, whether it was in the news or not. If we can find a published description from December 2010 then I'd be fine with that, but as far as I know the first published description wasn't given until this paper (November 2012). Beaked whale strandings usually only make the news if they are of a very rare species (well, "very rare" compared to other beaked whales). Perhaps we could put "The first published description appeared" on such and such date? Hmm... Let me see what the article says now.