(KOIN) — A dead, entangled 46-foot male whale has washed ashore on the Oregon coast. On Monday afternoon, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that a stranded fin whale ...

She added that the whale could lose its pectoral fin because the rope is wound so ... of the whale on Sunday and allowed the use of his images for this post. While trained rescuers would love ...

The animal’s dorsal fin was still floppy, indicating it was less than 24 hours old, according to news reports.

Most baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti), such as blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) and fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), communicate in the 15 to 25 hertz range—low, rumbling sounds that can ...

A large fin whale washed up on the west Waterford coast is believed to have died at sea up to a week ago. The remains of the badly decomposed mammal are thought to have come ashore in the ...