The Exploding Whale Incident is one of the strangest, most memorable mishaps in American local history. On November 12, 1970, in Florence, Ore ...

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 ...

A new investigation revealed the real reason why over 50 pilot whales were stranded and eventually died on a Scottish beach ...

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 ...

A dead, 11-ton humpback whale washed onto a popular beach in California this week, prompting officials to warn locals to stay away from its “massive” carcass. A massive 29-foot whale carcass washed ...

A dramatic rescue attempt on the Oregon Coast is drawing national attention after TikTok creator Jacob Colvin — known online as @Jake.pnw — captured the frantic efforts to save a stranded humpback ...

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 ...