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

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

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

After a massive sperm whale washed ashore on Nantucket, responders are examining it and making plans for what comes next.

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

Using a chainsaw, fillet knives and the pulling force of a Ford F-250, members of Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket, the ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of fish on the planet. They are among the largest animals to have ever lived. Only blue ...

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 ...

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

New research reveals vowel-like patterns inside sperm whale click messages, or codas, suggesting surprisingly rich ...

The carcass of a sperm whale washed ashore on Nantucket, prompting recovery operations Sunday by officials and wildlife ...

Researchers have identified ginkgo-toothed beaked whales alive at sea for the first time after years of searching, and in ...