A 31-foot sperm whale at risk of death washed up on Hilton Head Island on Saturday evening, drawing a crowd of onlookers to ...

Biologists say euthanizing the 31-foot juvenile sperm whale was the most humane option to reduce the animal’s suffering.

Officials completed Tuesday a necropsy and preliminary analysis on the carcass of a juvenile male sperm whale that stranded ...

A crew of 25 people performed a necropsy on the animal Monday, after it had been euthanized, to probe deeper into why it washed up on Hilton Head Island.

The whale, which officials have identified as a juvenile sperm whale, was sedated and euthanized the night of May 4. Calling the whale’s death "a peaceful and humane passing after a long journey ...

Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have led efforts to keep the whale comfortable. Clay George, a marine animal biologist with NOAA, said sperm whales are part ...

A sperm whale that washed ashore on Hilton Head Island on Sunday has been euthanized.According to Hilton Head Island’s ...

A sperm whale that beached itself on a popular South Carolina resort island has been euthanized after veterinarians determined it was too sick to help HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- A sperm whale ...

Officials say the 20-ton, 31-foot long whale came ashore near the Marriott Grand Ocean Resort on Hilton Head Island on ...

A sperm whale that beached itself on Hilton Head Island will be euthanized with medicine from Florida, a veterinarian from ...

A beached sperm whale on the shores of Hilton Head Island. Photo courtesy of Hilton Head Island Government and Facebook. WRAL staff A juvenile sperm whale that beached on the shores of Hilton Head ...

A sperm whale beached itself on Saturday and veterinarians were forced to euthanize it on Sunday. It was determined the whale was too emaciated to survive. The whale was a juvenile that weighed 20 ...