The whale carcass was first seen floating near Alcatraz Island on March 29 and washed ashore on Black Sands Beach the following afternoon. Biologists determined that the dead whale was underweight.

Apr. 3—The Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center is probing the death of a female gray whale that washed up on Black Sands Beach in the Marin Headlands. The decomposing 36-foot whale carcass was ...

A 36-foot female gray whale washed up at Black Sands Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Researchers responded to perform a necropsy on Monday, March 31, 2025.

A whale carcass can pose hazards so close to a city. In warmer months, it can develop a putrid smell as it rots. A buildup of gas inside the body could even cause it to explode. Bears could come ...

A visitor touches the skin of a fin whale carcass on the Anchorage coastal mudflats on November 18, 2024. NOAA biologists have been examining the animal but aren’t sure how it died.

City staff removed the carcass from the beach and took it to the Miramar Landfill. Lifeguards told ABC 10News the whale was discovered slightly before 7 a.m. Wednesday, near tower 33 in La Jolla ...

Whale carcass near East Providence's Bold Point Park won’t be removed, officials say The dead whale was spotted in Narragansett Bay in January and has been seen several times since then.

SAN DIEGO, California (KGTV) — A 55-foot-long whale carcass washed up on the beach in La Jolla Shores overnight Wednesday, according to the City of San Diego and NOAA.