The juvenile male was first seen Jan. 6, floating at sea about 2 miles off the Indian River Inlet, a MERR Facebook post said.

Transporting the giant mammals poses logistical difficulties but the postmortem examinations could reveal a lot about the health and dangers facing whale populations.

A local research institute is investigating the cause of death for a whale that beached near Bethany Beach on Thursday.

The humpback whale that washed up near Bethany Beach on Jan. 8 likely died from being struck by a large ship, according to ...

The young whale, dubbed "Oil Change," was seen repeatedly off Cape Cod, and would entertain whale watchers with breaches and ...

A juvenile male humpback whale has washed ashore near Bethany Beach in Delaware, prompting a response from marine scientists ...

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has announced an extended closure of the Indian River ...

A wastewater leak in the area of the Millsboro Wastewater Treatment Facility has caused the Delaware Department of Natural ...

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has issued an emergency closure of the Indian ...

The Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute (MERR) is looking into the circumstances surrounding a beached ...

: A postmortem necropsy performed by MERR determined the whale had bleeding under its skin - subdermal hemorrhaging - and a ...

A 30-foot juvenile humpback whale was found dead near Bethany Beach prompting plans for MERR to conduct a necropsy to find ...