Alaska Public Media5d
As hundreds flock to see dead Anchorage whale, scientists try to learn more about how it lived
Natalie Rouse opened a large freezer on Thursday stocked with bags filled with assorted whale parts. “So here are pieces of ...
A 47-Foot-Long Whale Carcass Captivates an Alaskan City
Crowds in Anchorage have braved freezing temperatures and slippery ice to see the hulking carcass of a rare fin whale, which ...
Dead 47-foot-long endangered fin whale washes up in Alaska, attracting hundreds of people
The carcass of the juvenile female fin whale, measuring almost 47 feet, was found Saturday night along the Tony Knowles ...
Alaska Public Media1d
What can Anchorage’s beached whale teach us? | Talk of Alaska
A dead fin whale that washed up near Anchorage is bringing hundreds of spectators to the beach. What can biologists learn ...
Alaska Dispatch News7d
Biologists, onlookers continue examining a nearly 50-foot fin whale that washed ashore on Anchorage’s mud flats
As crowds of onlookers trekked across Anchorage’s tidal mud flats to see the carcass of a 47-foot fin whale that washed ...
Alaska Dispatch News9d
Fin whale nearly 50 feet long washes ashore on Anchorage tidal flats
In 2016, a dead fin whale showed up in Seward on the bow of a cruise ship. In the summer of the same year, a 60-foot fin ...
Stranded fin whale becomes 'icy monument' outside Anchorage
A 47-foot fin whale that washed ashore near downtown Anchorage last weekend has become what one naturalist described as an ...
Carcass of endangered fin whale washes up near Alaska’s largest city
An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has attracted curious onlookers while ...
USA Today3d
Stranded fin whale becomes 'icy monument' outside Anchorage
A 47-foot fin whale that washed ashore near downtown Anchorage last weekend has become what one naturalist described as an ‘icy monument.” Emma Luck, an Alaska-based researcher and naturalist ...
The Independent7d
Crowd forms on Alaskan beach after giant whale carcass washes ashore
Barbara Mahoney, a NOAA biologist examining the whale, told the Anchorage Daily News the whale was likely 1 to 3 years old. Fin whales are the second-largest whale species, according to NOAA ...
Newsday8d
Carcass of endangered fin whale washes up near Alaska's largest city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...