People of the small Canadian town of Trout River, Newfoundland, have a big problem that just might blow up in their faces: what to do with a giant blue whale carcass that washed up on the beach and ...

Of course, who could forget this horrifying, totally disgusting, but oddly compelling video of a sperm whale carcass exploding in the Faroe Islands? So when a dead blue whale washed ashore in Trout ...

In 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. The Oregon State Highway Division decided to dispose of the carcass using dynamite. Florence will celebrate the 55th ...

The lifeless whale may look inviting – to some. But it might be more dangerous for us humans to get close than you may suspect.

The long tale of Wally the whale is finally over. The humpback whale's carcass, which had repeatedly washed ashore in California, was disposed of in a local landfill. The 14-metre whale was cut into ...

Marine scientists want to see whale carcasses towed offshore and disposed of out to sea in a process they say is safer, ...