Here’s what we know — and don’t know — about the fin whale that washed up on the Anchorage mudflats Scientists aren’t sure how the juvenile female whale died.

Officials are asking beachgoers to keep a distance from a 35- to 40-foot fin whale that washed ashore on Torrance Beach on Saturday evening and later died. “Due to its size & location it is ...

Protecting whales from ship strikes 07:08. An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to ...

Fin whales, considered endangered, regularly swim in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Strait.Every so often, minke whales, gray whales and humpbacks wash ashore in Alaska. But it’s unusual for ...

Several dozen ravens surround on the carcass of a fin whale on the Anchorage mudflats on March 31, 2025, days after an effort to recover the skeleton began. (Marc Lester / ADN) ...