After ruling out burying the whale, or cutting it into smaller pieces, the Oregon State Highway Division decided to blow it up with dynamite. The goal? Disintegrate the majority of the carcass and ...

On November 9, 1970, a dead sperm whale washed ashore on a beach in Florence. Oregon's Highway Division decided to remove the whale using a dynamite explosion, assuming the 8-ton carcass would be ...

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

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 ...