Exploding whales—they boast a fairly brief, but dramatic history on the internet. Of course, who could forget this horrifying, totally disgusting, but oddly compelling video of a sperm whale carcass ...

EUGENE, Ore. — Both the Eugene Emeralds and KATU’s classic news footage of the “exploding whale” got a shout-out on the latest episode of “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver. What does Oregon’s ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sight. The scavengers. The smell. These were the main problems Oregonians were facing when a dead sperm whale washed up on a ...

Happy botched whale corpse disposal day to you and yours. Just last year, Florence Mayor Rob Ward stood in front of a small crowd at Exploding Whale Memorial Park to announce that the whole month of ...

It’s that time of year again, when the community of Florence and exploding-whale lovers across the globe memorialize the famous whale occurrence. It happened one fateful afternoon on the shores of ...

The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The ...

Two weeks ago, “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” took one of the show’s pivots away from focusing on serious current topics to feature a hilarious segment on the over-the-top names, mascots, and ...

You may remember Dori is a huge fan of this classic exploding whale video from Oregon. Here is a new exploding whale video. Read more about what went horribly wrong here. On Thursday, the King County ...

On Friday, Oregon State troopers stopped a vehicle on northbound Interstate 5 after noticing issues with the vehicle’s ownership. Hillsboro struggles for funding to ease traffic congestion at MAX ...