When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its sunken carcass. It’s an epic burial at sea, something ...

A ballooning whale carcass has been found on the north side of Malcolm Island in British Columbia. The young female humpback, called Spike, has no apparent external injuries and rescuers are unsure of ...

Wildlife experts were recently forced to abandon the autopsy of an enormous fin whale corpse that washed up on a beach in Ireland after sounds coming from the giant creature's gut suggested that it ...

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A dead 60-foot fin whale washed up on a shore in Ireland on Sunday. Researchers came to collect samples and perform a necropsy on the large animal. However, the project had to be abandoned out of ...

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Whales are some of the largest known creatures to exist (or, in the case of the blue whale, to have ever existed) on Earth, with some species weighing up to 200 tons—and while many find the mammals ...

A whale reported dead in early February is taking one last voyage through Southeast Alaska after a high tide lifted its corpse off a beach. The humpback whale was first reported dead or stranded on ...

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss.PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. — Scientists are examining the corpse of an endangered whale that washed up on a Mississippi Gulf Coast beach. The rare discovery Saturday marks the first ...