#dead whale

Sperm whale found dead on Kaua’i shoreline had marine debris in its stomach

Researchers at the Health and Stranding Lab spent 15-hours trying to find clues about the death of a 56-foot-long sperm whale that washed up Friday on the reef in front of Lydgate Park on Kaua’i.

Dead whale removed from Kaua’i beach; buried at undisclosed location

The sperm whale’s burial location on Kauaʻi is not being publicized to avoid the taking of body parts of a protected species, which is illegal under federal and state laws.

Kaua’i beach closed to remove 120,000-pound beached whale

Three excavators have been working to try to remove the 56-foot-long, 120,000-pound deceased sperm whale from a beach on Kaua’i.