Explosions are messy at the best of times, but when the thing exploding is an animal, or part of an animal, it rarely ends ...

The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The ...

A dead humpback whale stranded off the Danish island of Anholt is at risk of exploding because of gases building up inside the decomposing body, prompting authorities to launch an urgent operation to ...

The beaches of Sydney's Royal National Park have been disrupted by a pungent odor. And its source is drawing in more than just seagulls. A 25-ton sperm whale is rotting on the rock platform of Era ...

A beached whale washed ashore at Rockaway Beach Monday morning. An aerial survey team notified the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society about a whale carcass floating offshore approximately 15 miles ...