Tuesday marked 54 years since a dead whale was infamously blown up on a beach, showering bystanders and cars with whale bits.

Oregon has a place in history as the state that blew up a whale. Here's why officials made that infamous decision 54 years ago.

A necropsy done by researchers at Gumbo Limbo State Park in Boca Raton may determine what caused the 8-foot whale to beach ...

The Orca Conservancy said the sightings made history. Some whale watchers hope it will again raise awareness of the need to ...

The whale, a 10-metre juvenile humpback, washed up on October 25, on Mooball Beach just south of Black Rock in far northern ...

It said the 9m (30ft) long whal was lucky that it did not have to wait long for the returning tide to wash over the area to ...

A dead minke whale that washed up in a coastal South Shore town has been removed. The deceased minke whale that washed up in ...

A dead humpback whale has been spotted floating in waters near the Vineyard on Tuesday, and officials are keeping track of ...

Smaller pygmy sperm whales live in the ocean around South Carolina all year round, but other species pass through the Myrtle ...

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All told, there are an estimated 300,000 sperm whales left worldwide. Whale strandings — which happen when they wash ashore alive or dead — happen a few times each year on Florida beaches.