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 ...

Mar. 15—The 47-foot fin whale that washed up on the Anchorage mudflats in November, drawing hundreds of visitors and becoming a citywide phenomenon, has found a permanent home at a Wasilla museum.

Scavengers usually take the eyeballs first, but they were still untouched when Tiffany Boothe reached the fin whale. He was nearly 50 feet long, his sleek body’s shades of gray exposed to human view, ...

It’s now been more than a month since a 47-foot fin whale washed up on the Anchorage coastal flats, near the mouth of Fish Creek. In those first days after the whale’s Nov. 16 appearance, the ...

A 47-foot fin whale that washed ashore near downtown Anchorage last weekend has become what one naturalist described as an ‘icy monument.” Emma Luck, an Alaska-based researcher and naturalist, shared ...

The rare, stranded fin whale brought experts from around the North Coast to Ten Mile Beach near Fort Bragg, where investigation turned up blunt force injuries consistent with a ship strike. A young ...

The seemingly endless size and depth of the ocean can conceal breathtaking creatures so enormous that it can be difficult for us to even imagine them. One such animal is the fin whale, a true ...