In 1970, officials in Oregon thought they had found the perfect solution to a massive whale carcass that had washed ashore: ...

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 ...

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 ...

Time is of the essence: the whale off the Danish coast is in danger of exploding. The dead animal had originally been due to be recovered on shore, but Denmark’s environment and nature agency and the ...