Officials work to pull the whale in. (staff) Scientists will perform a necropsy, which is an autopsy for animals, at 7 a.m. Sunday morning to find out its cause of death and to learn more about ...

The unique whale was thought to be a whale dubbed "Flue," but could have been a fin whale with a similar dorsal fin . Skip to content. ... Click to print (Opens in new window) ...

Marine biologist Carrie Newell photographed four blue whales — the largest animals on Earth — 3 miles off Depoe Bay.

When a whale washes ashore, it’s often in a sorry state — bloated, decomposing, stinking to high heavens. But the 52-foot fin whale that stranded itself on San Diego’s popular Mission Beach ...

Fin whales are the second-largest whale species, smaller only than blue whales. Fast swimmers that can eat two tons of food a day, they grow up to 85 feet long, weigh 40 to 80 tons and live for 80 ...

The whale was originally estimated to be about 35 to 40 feet long but an official measurement showed it was upwards of 51 feet. Fin whales can grow up to 70 feet so experts believe it was a juvenile.

Fin whales are the second largest whales in the world after blue whales. They can grow to 70 to 80 feet (21 to 24 meters) long and weigh about 50 tons, or 100,000 pounds (45,000 kilograms).

Fin whales — 60-ton, 80-foot long, graceful beasts — get their name from the prominent fin on their backs. They are fast swimmers that love to eat krill, schools of tiny fish and squid.

A 47-foot fin whale washed ashore along Anchorage’s coastal trail over the weekend. Hundreds of people ventured out onto tidal flats Sunday to take a look at the carcass in the sun.

Fin whales, once considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, were upgraded to "vulnerable" in 2018.The International Whaling Commission is in charge of setting ...

Fin whales are the second largest species of whale on Earth, right behind the mammoth blue whale. Adults can grow up to 90 feet long, a little bigger than two school buses.