"Beachgoers reported seeing splashing and aggressive shark activity prior to the whale washing ashore," the City of Huntington Beach said in a statement.
Warming oceans due to climate change mean that "areas that were not habitable to the animal now are," marine biologist Yannis P. Papastamatiou told Newsweek.
Scientists have finally recognized the large, hairy blob that washed ashore on a beach in Oregon. Scientists have finally recognized the large, hairy blob that washed ashore on a beach in Oregon.