In an unexpected breakthrough, the 40-foot mammal swam to deeper water on Friday morning through a channel that rescuers had dug for it.

Sperm whale calf Aurora from Unit A swims alongside her mother, Lady Oracle. Dominica, Caribbean Sea. Aurora is the aunt of the newborn calm in this study. Luck filled the air on a warm July day off the coast of Dominica in the Caribbean.

The Sei whale washed up on a Rockaway Beach was likely killed in a collision with a boat, scientists have revealed. Biologists from the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society performed a necropsy on the massive,

A 40-foot-long dead whale washed up on Rockaway Beach in Queens Thursday.

A necropsy revealed what was behind the whale's failing health: an 11-inch plastic bag lodged in its stomach, along with a parasitic infestation. According to the research team, these factors "may have contributed to digestive blockage."

A blue whale skeleton found in Oregon is being reconstructed for display at Newport's Hatfield Marine Science Center.

A massive whale carcass about the size of a city bus washed up on a Queens beach Thursday, jaw-dropping photos show. The 40-foot-long Sei whale was discovered stranded on Rockaway Beach near Beach 95th Street in the morning after an aerial survey team first spotted it floating offshore 15 miles south of Long Island Wednesday,

A dead whale washed ashore in front of the Driftwood Shores Resort, drawing crowds to the beach. The whale came ashore last night directly in front of the resort. The whale was measured to be 37 feet long and identified as an adult male grey whale.