Those in the Savannah area were part of a unique but tragic scene. A sperm whale was beached on the shore of Hilton Head Island over the weekend. Why did this happen and what do we know? What happened ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Marine scientists are working to determine what caused a juvenile sperm whale to beach itself May 3 though starvation is the leading theory. The whale met its end on a Hilton Head ...

A juvenile sperm whale that beached on the shores of Hilton Head Island was euthanized Sunday night, officials confirm. According to Hilton Head Island, the whale, believed to be severely emaciated, ...

This photo provided by Renate McNulty shows a juvenile sperm whale, who was euthanized by veterinarians who was euthanized after it was determined to be too emaciated to survive, on a beach at Hilton ...

Plastic pollution has claimed another victim. This time it's a rare pygmy sperm whale off the coast of Honduras. The incident highlights how throwaway items can have consequences far beyond our daily ...

It is believed the sperm whale that died off the coast of Skye was the same one freed last week A sperm whale has died after ...

After being euthanized Sunday evening, the beached whale that washed up on Hilton Head Island is pulled by its tail to the spot where a necropsy can be performed. Town of Hilton Head Facebook After ...

VENICE, Fla. (AP) — In a rare occurrence along Florida’s Gulf Coast, a large sperm whale that drew national attention after beaching itself on a sandbar died Monday, state wildlife officials said. The ...

Authorities towed the 70,000-pound sperm whale 15 miles out to sea after it died off the Venice coast. This screenshot of a video posted on Facebook by Craig Marcum of Sea Tow Venice shows a shark ...

Stranding response teams found a third dead whale washed up on the Outer Banks Friday, likely the offspring of a pregnant dwarf sperm whale found around the same time a few miles away. The pregnant ...

The jawbone of a nearly 50-foot sperm whale that washed ashore on Oreti Beach in New Zealand's southernmost region has been removed with a chainsaw and stolen, according to New Zealand's Department of ...