Biologists, onlookers continue examining a nearly 50-foot fin whale that washed ashore on Anchorage’s mud flats
The carcass was found Saturday night along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, near the mouth of Fish Creek and just south of Westchester Lagoon. Biologists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been examining the animal — a young female, judging from its size and appearance.