An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while ...

The next day, Sunday, NOAA biologists and stranding network members responded to this endangered fin whale to examine the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A fin whale washed up on a beach in Alaska over the weekend. The nearly 50-foot-long, ...

Beyond their useful pectoral fins, all have unevenly forked tails ... There is currently no protection status on these animals.

"Blue and fin whales are the two largest animals on earth and hybrids between these species have been observed on multiple occasions," the researchers noted in the paper. "This is remarkable as ...

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Once caught on a baited hook, live sharks are often hauled aboard to have their fins cut off. After this, the mutilated animals are tossed back into the sea to die of suffocation (as they can no ...

As crowds of onlookers trekked across Anchorage's tidal mud flats to see the carcass of a 47-foot fin whale that washed ashore over the weekend, biologists on Monday continued searching for clues how ...

A 47-foot fin whale washed ashore along Anchorage's coastal trail over the weekend. Hundreds of people ventured out onto tidal flats Sunday to take a look at the carcass in the sun. The first reports ...

The marlin's shape helps it to swim fast. Look at it go! Whatever the shape the animals are - big or small, round or flat, fins or flippers - they're all at home under water. Take a trip under the ...

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the ...