A minke whale that spent the last week swimming in Long Beach Harbor despite efforts by marine wildlife experts to reroute it back to deeper waters died this weekend, officials confirmed.

The Marine Mammal Center/X A rare minke whale had to be euthanized on Tuesday, April 8, after getting stuck in shallow waters near the Emeryville Marina in California's San Francisco Bay.

A rare juvenile minke whale repeatedly stranded in the San Francisco Bay was euthanized as officials say the mammal had ...

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"While not the outcome we hoped for, it was in the best interest of this whale," the Marine Mammal Center said ...