Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 18—A 47-foot fin whale washed ashore along Anchorage's coastal trail over the weekend. Hundreds of people ventured out onto ...

Of all the kinds of whales that could have washed onto the Anchorage mudflats, a fin whale is one of the most mysterious. Whale strandings are fairly routine in Alaska. But the latest, in which a ...

It’s now been more than a month since a 47-foot fin whale washed up on the Anchorage coastal flats, near the mouth of Fish Creek. In those first days after the whale’s Nov. 16 appearance, the ...

A juvenile fin whale that washed ashore over the weekend and died on Torrance Beach was returned to the ocean on Sunday. Tests will eventually determine what caused the death of the 50-foot, 25-ton ...

Whale watchers in Massachusetts were treated to a “spectacular” show by one of the largest and most elusive whale species. People aboard the Oct. 6 Hyannis Whale Watcher Cruise observed a fin whale ...

Example photo of a humpback whale fluke from which identification of individuals is enabled through distinction of fluke shape and coloration. This photo by T. Cheeseman is of the individual most ...

Fin whales rarely lift their tails out of the water on any dive, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Getty Images/iStockphoto Whale watchers in Massachusetts were treated ...