Witnesses helped to free the whale from fishing line on Saturday night. Officials are assessing the situation.

A live humpback whale reportedly stranded on the beach near Yachats on Saturday, drawing people who drove for hours from ...

A humpback whale was found beached after being entangled in fishing gear in Yachats, Oregon, on Saturday evening.

The explosion that sent huge chunks of whale blubber sailing into the sky is being brought to a whole new audience in a new ...

A humpback whale washed ashore Saturday night on San Marine, Ore., entangled in crabbing gear, according to witnesses and ...

Dozens of volunteers in Yachats worked overnight to save a beached humpback whale after it became entangled in a crab line ...

Exploding whale fanatics will find a boatload of fun activities in Florence on Sunday, Nov. 16. There will be a 55-year ...

Officials are attempting to rescue a beached humpback whale on the Oregon Coast, and ask the public to stay away from the ...

Fifty-five years ago, the State of Oregon made history by blowing up an eight-ton whale carcass on a beach in Florence.

Despite that, and despite the fact that KATU’s remastered clip of the explosion—uploaded in 2020—has more than 22 million views on YouTube, the exploding whale still feels like a private joke among ...

Thar she blows! The infamous intentional exploding of a whale carcass continues to ring through the halls of Oregon’s history ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A stranded mother ...