Barbara Mahoney, a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told the Anchorage Daily News that the whale was likely between 1 and 3 years old. Fin whales, the second-largest whale species, can grow up to 85 feet in length and ...

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal’s death.

Crowd forms on Alaskan beach after giant whale carcass washes ashore - An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biolog

An endangered fin whale washed ashore near Anchorage, Alaska, capturing the curiosity of locals while biologists investigate its death. The 47-foot female whale, estimated to be between 1 and 3 years old,

Biologists say the whale, believed to be a young female, was first reported Saturday lying on mudflats near a popular trail.

In 2016, a dead fin whale showed up in Seward on the bow of a cruise ship. In the summer of the same year, a 60-foot fin whale was stranded close to the Port of Anchorage and then was found dead in another spot on the upper Knik Arm. Scientists weren’t sure why that whale died.