A sperm whale that stranded and died on the shores of an island in Scotland “exploded” when the mammal was opened up for a necropsy. But what researchers found inside was even more surprising ...

On Nov. 12, 1970, a sperm whale carcass was blown to pieces on the Oregon coast, sending huge chunks of blubber falling not just onto innocent bystanders, but into the history books. It’s hard ...

TORSHAVN, Faeroe Islands, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A video showing the guts of a dead sperm whale exploding in the Faeroe Islands has gone viral since it was posted on YouTube. KVF, the Faeroese national ...

George Thomas Thornton gained national attention over the exploding whale, ... 1970 to remove a 45-foot-long sperm whale estimated to weigh 8 tons that had washed up near Florence, ...

A sperm whale found beached on Luskentyre Beach, Scotland, last week had a huge ball in its stomach made up of 220 pounds of human junk—including bundles of rope, sections of net and plastic debris.

"Exploding Whale Memorial Park" in Florence, Oregon, is named for the explosive event of Nov. 12, 1970, when local officials blew up a beached and decomposing sperm whale measuring 45 feet (14 ...

According to LiveScience, Exploding Whale Memorial Park in Florence, Oregon, is named for an explosive event that took place Nov. 12, 1970, when local officials blew up a beached and decomposing ...

Rather than put the escapade behind them, Florence residents voted to dedicate a park after the 1970 blast, choosing “Exploding Whale Memorial Park” as the name for the recreational area in ...

On Nov. 9, 1970, a 45-foot sperm whale had washed up on the beach near Florence, ... RELATED: The Exploding Whale remastered: 50th anniversary of legendary Oregon event.

Earlier in the year, twelve sperm whales washed up on the Dutch island of Texel, although it's not yet known whether the two groups are linked. What we do know, though, is that they keep exploding ...