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 ...

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Scavengers usually take the eyeballs first, but they were still untouched when Tiffany Boothe reached the fin whale. He was nearly 50 feet long, his sleek body’s shades of gray exposed to human view, ...

Scientists in the Arctic are catching the exhaled breaths of whales to better understand their health. How? Drones. Whales breathe through their blowholes, which are the equivalent of nostrils on ...

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A sunken calf’s disappearance created a mystery in murky waters near San Diego. Trilobites A sunken calf’s disappearance created a mystery in murky waters near San Diego. Credit... Supported by Text ...