A United States Coast Guard crew based on the Big Island of Hawaii attempted to sink a bloated whale carcass found floating outside Hilo Harbor by firing more than 30 rounds into it from an M-16 rifle. It didn’t work. The lieutenant in charge explained that this method “does not appear to have worked very [...]

I recently had the opportunity to visit the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA. In the main hall is a life-size model of a blue whale, which is believed to be the largest animal to have ever lived on Earth.

According to Wikipedia, the model is 88 feet long and represents the average [...]

Oregon’s Exploding Whale was once again mentioned in a news story about the arrival of a 50-foot whale carcass to the Port of Everett in Washington State.
The advanced state of decay initially made it difficult to identify the type of whale, though experts now believe it was a fin whale. This is the second [...]

The bloated carcass of a gigantic 54-foot humpback whale washed ashore on a beach in the southwest corner of Washington State. Staff from a nearby aquarium believe the whale has been dead for some time. On Friday, whale experts are expected to conduct a necropsy in order to determine how the whale died. Following this, [...]

Another load of ambergris was found recently by Melissa Cathcart, a young British girl who was vacationing on a beach in Wales in the United Kingdom. The lump was reportedly valued at between $6,000-$7,000. It is currently unclear whether Cathcart will be able to profit from her rare find. You may remember our previous [...]

It’s been a tough week for the endangered fin whale. Two dead whales, one on each coast of the United States, have been attracting significant attention. We start in Delaware and then move west to Washington state.
Delaware struggles with 35 tons of dead whale
Residents of the Delaware coast are struggling with how to [...]