Endangered whale that washed ashore in Calif. was known to researchers 01:20. BOLINAS, Calif. -- The body of an endangered, 79-foot-long blue whale that washed ashore in Marin County, California ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – The skeleton of a blue whale that washed ashore on the Oregon coast eight years ago was recently sent to Canada for the final cleaning process before specialists prepare it for ...

In the past month, the carcasses of three 70-ton blue whales have washed ashore on Southern California beaches — often again and again. Michele Norris talks to Los Angeles Times reporter Steve ...

Fin whales are the second largest whales in the world after blue whales. They can grow to 70 to 80 feet (21 to 24 meters) long and weigh about 50 tons, or 100,000 pounds (45,000 kilograms).

Such is the case of a 70-foot blue whale that washed ashore near Gold Beach seven years ago, now the focus of a campaign to raise money to reconstruct and display it at the Hatfield Marine Science ...

It’s exceptionally rare to see an intact blue whale carcass wash ashore. The only other documented case happened 200 years ago, during Lewis and Clark's expedition.

MORE: Massive blue whale seen off the coast of Massachusetts in rare double sighting . A beachgoer first located the young sperm whale on Sept. 16 when it washed ashore on Butler Beach in St ...

In 2014, nine blue whales died after being trapped by ice near Newfoundland, Canada. Two of their carcasses washed ashore and began bloating as they decomposed, causing worries of an imminent ...