Happy Anniversary: 54 years later, Oregon still can't get enough of its exploding whale
Tuesday marked 54 years since a dead whale was infamously blown up on a beach, showering bystanders and cars with whale bits.
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Scientists Are Crafting Fake Whale Poop and Dumping It in the Ocean
The artificial waste could fertilize the ocean and sequester carbon Sandy Ong, Hakai Magazine In the 20th century, people’s ...
Why did Oregon blow up a whale on the coast 54 years ago? Remembering exploding whale day
Oregon has a place in history as the state that blew up a whale. Here's why officials made that infamous decision 54 years ...
Southern residents lose two killer whales in blow to population
Two southern resident killer whales are presumed dead after multiple sightings of two endangered pods failed to turn up a ...
Exploding Whale Day now a full-fledged holiday on the Oregon coast. Here’s how to celebrate
It wasn’t that long ago that an Exploding Whale Day seemed like a wild idea, a fever dream born from a viral video pulled out of the depths of Oregon history, but in Florence the event has become a ...
Pilot whale stranding at Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour sees four whales dead, 25 rescued as cruise boat called to help
Riley Grining was skippering a cruise around Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour on Sunday when he received a call to help stop a ...
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'High on own supply': Analyst sees loose cannons blowing up Trump as campaign draws to end
Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...
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Recent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica's booming krill fishery
MIAMI — (AP) — Two humpback whales were found dead and another seriously injured ... operated by Sea Shepherd Global to take a rare, up-close look at the world's southernmost fishery.