Giant Squid. In early 2005, more than 1,500 giant squid — each around 3 to 4 feet in length — washed ashore, most in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and Crystal Cove State Park in California.

From a bag of human hands to LEGO bricks and rubber duckies, some very weird things have washed up on the world's beaches.

The ocean is full of mystery, not all of it marine in nature. Given the right conditions, some of that mystery washes ashore at random times, bewildering beachcombers, locals, and vacationers ...

Kitchen goods • In December 2015, bottles of cooking oil, pet food containers, Avon body spray and facial cleanser and cans of Lysol disinfectant spray washed ashore in Cocoa Beach, about 150 to ...

A rare sea turtle was found dead after it washed ashore on an Oregon beach with a whole ecosystem traveling with the reptile. The 75-pound loggerhead was discovered Saturday morning on th… ...

Washed Ashore is the creation of Oregon-based environmental artist Angelia Haseltine Pozz. In 2010, Pozzi started the non-profit art project to bring awareness to marine debris and plastic pollution.

Then, in 2010, a spade-toothed whale mother and calf washed ashore on another New Zealand beach near the Bay of Plenty. They were mistaken for common beaked whales, and only tissue samples were ...

She says Washed Ashore began 10 years ago after a tragedy. “It all started when I went back to the ocean to live after the death of my husband. I was 47 and a widow and kind of lost as to what I ...

The Washed Ashore exhibit is presented by the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Nobody Trashes Tennessee litter prevention campaign with additional support from Unum.