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 ...

Natalie Rouse shows a bag of blubber taken from a fin whale that washed up near downtown Anchorage. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Natalie Rouse opened a large freezer on Thursday stocked with ...

How do you take apart a whale? With flensing knives, meat hooks, plastic sleds and a crowd of people. On Thursday, dozens of volunteers gathered on the Anchorage mudflats to cut apart the 47-foot-long ...

Scientists have uncovered details about the life of a blue whale that died in 2007, by analyzing his earwax. “It’s like keeping a diary for us,” said Stephen Trumble, a biologist at Baylor University ...

Researchers are studying a dead whale found near Fort Bragg. They want to know why the mammal died and how others may be ...