In the Village Voice, Chad Byrnes reviews Aronofsky’s "The Whale," applauding Brendan Fraser's sympathetic portrayal of an obese obsessive.

A dead 60-foot fin whale washed up on a shore in Ireland on Sunday. Researchers came to collect samples and perform a necropsy on the large animal. However, the project had to be abandoned out of ...

The idea of an exploding whale might seem like something straight out of a sci-fi thriller or a horror movie, but it’s a rare, real-life event that occurs when a dead whale’s body bursts due ...

The researchers say that the whale, 3.7 feet long, probably died from a predatory attack in the deep sea. Like other whale falls, the carcass then decayed and bloated, floating to the surface ...

A dead humpback whale that was seen floating off the coast of Rockaway Beach on May 26 has washed ashore. (Video courtesy of Mike Ceccacci) ...

The juvenile whale was seen swimming in a clockwise circle, making unusual noises and trailing two buoys. A team of wildlife experts had to move fast, but with plenty of patience, to save its life.

A bloated and dead humpback whale was spotted floating off the Oregon coast, officials said. It washed ashore Monday, May 27, at Nehalem Bay State Park and ended up within a protected nesting area ...

A whale’s thick skin can stretch to cope with the pressure, allowing the gases to escape slowly. However, if the gas builds up too quickly, the pressure can become too much for the skin to ...

A bloated and dead humpback whale was spotted floating off the Oregon coast, officials said. It washed ashore Monday, May 27, at Nehalem Bay State Park and ended up within a protected nesting area ...

A bloated and dead humpback whale was spotted floating off the Oregon coast, officials said. It washed ashore Monday, May 27, at Nehalem Bay State Park and ended up within a protected nesting area ...

A MASSIVE whale has washed up on a Scots beach but cops are warning locals it could explode at any time. The huge minke whale was discovered on Irvine Beach in Ayrshire this morning and repor… ...