The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The ...

Timmy the humpback whale's bloated carcass. Timmy the whale, recently deceased, is at risk of exploding soon. The young humpback whale that first captured the internet's attention after becoming ...

Experts have warned that the carcass of a young humpback whale which washed up on a beach after a failed rescue effort could explode. The animal, affectionately known as Timmy, gained public attention ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screen grab shows the bloated carcass of a dead humpback whale floating off the Danish island of Anholt. After unsuccessful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The autopsy of the humpback whale known as 'Timmy,' found on the beach of the Danish island of Anholt, has begun. (is associated ...

Forty-six small whales stranded on a beach in Indonesia have died, after rescue efforts succeeded in saving three others, local officials said Friday. Starting Thursday, at least 49 short-finned pilot ...

In one of the most hilariously weird examples of Oregon history, on November 12, 1970, officials decided to use a half-ton of dynamite to dispose of a dead whale (which apparently really stank) that ...

The beaches of Sydney's Royal National Park have been disrupted by a pungent odor. And its source is drawing in more than just seagulls. A 25-ton sperm whale is rotting on the rock platform of Era ...

A juvenile sperm whale stranded at Hilton Head Island in May 2025. What scientists found during the necropsy raises bigger ...

Devastating pictures emerged Tuesday afternoon after a pod of about 70 long-finned pilot whales began stranding at Cheynes ...