WASHINGTON — Officials near a Nantucket beach have a whale-sized problem. That's not surprising considering the problem is literally a whale. A dead sperm whale washed up on the shore of the ...

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 ...

In 1970, a massive sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon, creating a public problem officials didn’t know how to solve. With crowds gathering and decay setting in, authorities approved an ...

A dead humpback whale who washed ashore in Newport Beach earlier this week was washed back out to sea with the rising tides Thursday night. On Friday morning, scientists located the whale and were ...

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 ...

Officials say the whale could roll in the surf, posing a danger to beachgoers A 9-foot, 11-ton humpback whale washed ashore in California's Newport Beach on Feb. 18 Hazardous ocean conditions have ...

On November 12, 1970, in Florence, Oregon, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed up on the beach. At the time, this beach fell under the jurisdiction of the Oregon State Highway Division, and ...