Fin whales, the second-largest whale species after blue whales, were previously protected due to overhunting.

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 what caused the animal's death. The carcass ...

Fin whales are the second-biggest mammals after blue whales, and are considered endangered.

Beach goers ran into a sick 51-foot whale that washed up on a Los Angeles suburban shore Saturday night and quickly died, officials said. The fin whale – the second largest whale species in the ...

Beachgoers were stunned after a 40-foot whale washed ashore in Torrance Beach Saturday night. The fin whale appeared to be very sick and in distress when it was spotted inside the surf line at ...

The carcass of the juvenile female fin whale, measuring almost 47 feet, was found Saturday night along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in Anchorage.

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 ...

A humpback whale was freed from over 50 ropes and fishing gear in a four-day rescue off the western Canadian coast. Experts say such entanglements are on the rise.

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 ...

Crews on Sunday cleared a large whale that washed ashore at Torrance Beach Saturday night, but it was no easy task. According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the fin whale appeared to b… ...

Beachgoers were stunned after a 40-foot whale washed ashore in Torrance Beach Saturday night. The fin whale appeared to be very sick and in distress when it was spotted inside the surf line at arou… ...

A Fin whale roughly 35 to 40 feet in length was found inside the surf line near Torrance Beach, but the animal died before rescuers arrived.