Officials are asking beachgoers to keep a distance from a 35- to 40-foot fin whale that washed ashore on Torrance Beach on Saturday evening and later died. “Due to its size & location it is ...

The fin whale – the second largest whale species in the world – became stranded on the surf line at Torrance Beach in California around 6 p.m. where it reportedly appeared in distress.

Here’s what we know — and don’t know — about the fin whale that washed up on the Anchorage mudflats Scientists aren’t sure how the juvenile female whale died.

Protecting whales from ship strikes 07:08. An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to ...

Fin whales, considered endangered, regularly swim in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Strait.Every so often, minke whales, gray whales and humpbacks wash ashore in Alaska. But it’s unusual for ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A fin whale washed up on a beach in Alaska over the weekend.The nearly 50-foot-long, dead whale was found near the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in West Anchorage ...