The town of Nantucket has announced how it plans to deal with a 52-ton dead sperm whale that washed up on the Massachusetts ...

A dead sperm whale weighing more than 100,000 pounds washed up on a Nantucket beach, but a local nonprofit says it can't be ...

The 50-foot-long dead sperm whale that washed up Sunday on Nantucket will be taken back to sea to decompose for safety ...

One of Trevor Barrett’s excavators and a Robert B. Our tugboat were used to remove the dead sperm whale from Nantucket’s ...

A 40- to 50-foot male, sperm whale washed up on a Nantucket beach Sunday. Rarely seen in New England, it's the third sperm ...

A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could ...

Scientists and Nantucket officials are trying to figure out what to do about a huge whale that washed up on the island.

The town of Nantucket has announced how it plans to deal with a 52-ton dead sperm whale that washed up on the Massachusetts ...

The whale, which washed up on Sunday, had its jaw excised to prevent thieves from stealing its teeth, officials said.

In the decades since, the “Exploding Whale” has gone from a cautionary tale to a beloved piece of Oregon lore. The 55th ...

A humpback whale known to locals since 2004 was found dead on Nov. 8. Vessel collisions have become a major threat to ...

In addition to confirming the whole genome of the animal, it also linked this elusive species to a well-recorded whale song.