OSAKA--When a massive dead whale was found drifting in Osaka Bay, local authorities took the rare step of burying the carcass, rather than cremating it, to harvest the skeleton for display at a museum ...

Exploding whales—they boast a fairly brief, but dramatic history on the internet. Of course, who could forget this horrifying, totally disgusting, but oddly compelling video of a sperm whale carcass ...

OSAKA--As onlookers said goodbye, a 15-meter dead sperm whale affectionally called "Yodo-chan" began the process of being buried at sea on the morning of Jan. 18. The carcass, floating in shallow ...

The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The ...

DON’T stand too close. Residents fear a 60,000kg whale that washed up near the boardwalk on a small Canadian town will blow up at any moment. Town clerk Emily Butler said the rotting 25-metre blue ...

When a large marine mammal like a whale dies, its body drifts to the ocean floor in a process known as whale fall. For more than a decade, a succession of sea creatures will live off of the whale’s ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand authorities were cutting holes in 300 whale carcasses on Monday, popping the dead animals "like balloons", to avoid them exploding as they decompose on Golden Bay ...

The case of a vanishing whale tail that captivated beachgoers has resulted in a $296 fine, but authorities won’t reveal what happened to the massive appendage. WATCH THE VIDEO. In August last year, ...

You've heard of whale watching, in which tourists come from far and wide to see the majestic marine mammals in action. Well, they also apparently don't mind looking at them when they are dead and ...

A whale watching tour in Nova Scotia, Canada, saw a great white shark eating a whale carcass during a Sept. 2 excursion It's a rare sighting because sharks "don't have to come to the surface to ...