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

The body of a male sperm ... state lines to sedate and euthanize the whale, after others had provided hospice care, splashing it with water and covering its dark grey body with towels. The animal ...

But never a beached whale,” Laboe said. This marks the fifth beached whale in South Carolina since 2005. Sperm whales, known to beach themselves when in poor health, are a rare sight on the state’s ...

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

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

Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have led efforts to keep the whale comfortable.

HILTON HEAD — Trained professionals are working to keep a sperm whale comfortable before euthanizing ... It would be a disservice to push the animal back when it beaches itself and it's that ...

A whale that beached itself on Hilton Head Island on May 4 has been euthanized, local officials announced. The whale, which officials have identified as a juvenile sperm whale, was sedated and ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A sperm ... the animal, the town of Hilton Head Island said on social media. An examination, called a necropsy, was being conducted on the 31-foot (9-meter) whale ...

A woman wearing a Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network T-shirt pours water on the beached whale on May 4, 2025. Water and sheets were used to keep the whale cool and moist in the summer heat.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Experts are working to comfort a beached sperm whale in South Carolina as they wait for the appropriate euthanasia medication. The town of Hilton Head shared photos of ...