A dead whale that washed up on Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York, on Thursday may explode, authorities have warned, adding ...

The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sight. The scavengers. The smell. These were the main problems Oregonians were facing when a dead sperm whale washed up on a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. on November 9, 1970, officials in Florence, Oregon, decided a 45-foot-long stinky sperm whale needed to go. A whale that dies ...

A young humpback whale that washed ashore Saturday in Oregon had to be euthanized after two days of rescue efforts. The whale, a roughly 1 to 2-year-old humpback, had surfaced near San Marine ...

With these viral stories of exploding whales, why aren’t they able to be removed before they actually explode? Whales are big—that’s the primary issue. And usually when they strand, they don’t strand ...

YACHATS, Ore. (KOIN) — A young humpback whale that beached along the Oregon coast on Saturday was euthanized Monday afternoon after officials made “a very difficult decision.” Jim Rice with Oregon ...