Oregon is known nationally for its trees and outdoor recreation, but what about the exploding whale? In November 1970, a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach near Florence on the Oregon Coast. To get ...

An Oregon highway engineer who blew up a dead beached whale with a half-ton of dynamite in 1970 has died at the age of 84. George Thomas Thornton gained national attention over the exploding whale, ...

A dead sperm whale has been spotted off the island of Sylt. The carcass was towed by mussel fishermen to the port of Hörnum on Saturday and secured there, according to the Wadden Sea Protection ...

1970年11月9日、アメリカ・オレゴン州のフローレンスという町の海岸に、体長約45フィート(13.7メートル)のコククジラが漂着しました。処理に困ったオレゴン州当局は「クジラを爆破解体する」という決定を下し、見物客やTVカメラの前でダイナマイトを使っ ...

A sperm whale around 14 meters long was discovered dead off Sylt. While experts prepare to salvage it, they warn against approaching the carcass - it could burst under pressure. A sensational find off ...

The word “meme” didn’t exist when Paul Linnman and Doug Brazil—a KATU-TV reporter and cameraman, respectively—chartered a flight from Portland to Florence one cool November day in 1970, and the notion ...

This photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter shows a sperm whale drifting in Osaka Bay in Osaka's Nishiyodogawa Ward on Jan. 13, 2023. (Mainichi/Takao Kitamura) OSAKA -- The Osaka Municipal ...