After a massive sperm whale washed ashore on Nantucket, responders are examining it and making plans for what comes next.

The whale, which washed up on Sunday, had its jaw excised to prevent thieves from stealing its teeth, officials said.

One of Trevor Barrett’s excavators and a Robert B. Our tugboat were used to remove the dead sperm whale from Nantucket’s ...

The 50-foot-long dead sperm whale that washed up Sunday on Nantucket will be taken back to sea to decompose for safety ...

Officials have left the whale on the beach since Sunday, because at more than 100,000 pounds it is simply too big to move ...