"The pressure inside is building up more and more, and at some point the animal could explode with a huge bang," Ritter told ...

The dead humpback whale lying off the Danish coast is increasingly at risk of exploding, according to a marine expert. “The pressure inside is building up more and more, and at some point the animal ...

In 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. The Oregon State Highway Division decided to dispose of the carcass using dynamite. Florence will celebrate the 55th ...

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 to the ...

An Oregon highway engineer who blew up a dead beached whale with a half-ton of dynamite in 1970 has died at the age of 84. George Thomas Thornton gained national attention over the exploding whale, ...

Honoring life, explosives, and a rain of whale chunks large enough to smash a car, Florence, Oregon, reflects upon the time they blew up that whale! A holiday dedicated to learning from their mistakes ...