A 30-foot sperm whale washed ashore on Hilton Head Island, drawing crowds to Coligny Beach. Crews conducted a necropsy and ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- A male sperm whale washed ashore on Hilton Head ... "I love the fact that they're doing the right thing and burying it where it came out, rather than taking it away ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (WJCL) — A male sperm whale washed ashore on Hilton ... “I love the fact that they’re doing the right thing and burying it where it came out, rather ...

A North Atlantic right whale (NARW) entangled in fishing gear ... Fisheries saw a thick line passing once across the creature's head and across its back. Biologists determined at the time that ...

North Atlantic right whales “Curlew” and “Koala” were ... a mystery," as there is no obvious incentive for them not to head north to food-rich waters. Other whales have also been known ...

Callosities: Unique to right whales, these encrusted, barnacle-like rough patches of skin appear on the whales' lips and head. They serve as natural ID markers for researchers. Surface skimming ...

There was so much life in the area — baitfish, diving birds, dozens of dolphins — and then we saw it,” said Kim Jones, dean ...