and no plastic debris was found. Additional diagnostic testing is needed to determine a final cause of death, officials said. BACKGROUND | "Juvenile sperm whale euthanized on SC coast after ...

FILE - A beached juvenile sperm whale was euthanized over the weekend after it was determined it was too emaciated to survive. (Credit: Town of Hilton Head Island Government) 30,104 people played ...

A whale that beached itself on Hilton Head Island on May 4 has been euthanized, local officials announced. The whale, which officials have identified as a juvenile sperm whale, was sedated and ...

Those in the Savannah area were part of a unique but tragic scene. A sperm whale was beached on the shore of Hilton Head Island over the weekend. Why did this happen and what do we know?

After being euthanized Sunday evening, the beached whale that washed up on Hilton Head Island is pulled by its tail to the spot where a necropsy can be performed. Town of Hilton Head Facebook A ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina (WJCL ... NOAA researchers say the burial process ensures the whale will soon decay underneath the sand, where no other animal will reach it.

HILTON HEAD — Trained professionals are working to keep a sperm whale comfortable before euthanizing it after the whale beached itself on the barrier island. The 31-foot, 20-ton sperm whale ...