The smell of the rotting whale carcass began emanating a terrible odor. This prompted discussions of how to get rid of it. Curious onlookers visit a dead whale that washed up on the Oregon Coast ...

Here's why the whale was blown up and how Oregonians continue to remember the day more than 50 years later. When did the whale wash up in Oregon? On Nov. 12, 1970, the whale washed up on a beach ...

Oregon's Highway Division decided to remove the whale using a dynamite explosion, assuming the 8-ton carcass would be disintegrated into small enough bits for scavenger species to eat.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the ...

On Jan. 19, the carcass of an adult male gray whale washed ashore at OSO Flaco Beach in San Luis Obispo County. A few weeks later, the carcass of an adult male pygmy sperm whale washed up at ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused t… ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An endangered fin whale that washed up near a ... ‘Where is the blow hole?’ ” Biologists hoped to complete their work Tuesday, untether the carcass and “let ...

Fin whales are the second-largest whale species, according to NOAA Fisheries, and fully grown can reach up to 85 feet (25.9 meters) long and weigh between 40 tons and 80 tons.