As crowds of onlookers trekked across Anchorage's tidal mud flats to see the carcass of a 47-foot fin whale that washed ashore over the weekend, biologists on Monday continued searching for clues how ...

Biologists say the whale, believed to be a young female, was first reported Saturday lying on mudflats near a popular trail.

Fin whale that came to rest at Fish Creek near Anchorage. (Bill Roth / ADN) A 47-foot fin whale washed ashore along Anchorage ...

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