(CNN) - A rarely seen and little-understood species of whale washed up on a California beach. A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for ...

COROLLA — A “very emaciated” pygmy sperm whale that washed up on an Outer Banks beach had to be euthanized Wednesday afternoon. The whale was stranded in the Ocean Hill neighborhood in the ...

The whale showed evidence of infectious disease, Doshkov said. The Outer Banks strandings came days after the deaths of two humpback whales that washed up March 2 and 3 in Virginia Beach.

(CNN) - A rarely seen and little-understood species of whale washed up on a California beach. A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for ...

A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for scientists because these deep-sea whales are rarely seen and not well understood.

A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for scientists because these deep-sea whales are rarely seen and not well understood.

A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for scientists because these deep-sea whales are rarely seen and not well understood.

A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for scientists because these deep-sea whales are rarely seen and not well understood.

A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for scientists because these deep-sea whales are rarely seen and not well understood.

A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for scientists because these deep-sea whales are rarely seen and not well understood.

A pygmy sperm whale calf died after being stranded on Emerald Isle on Wednesday, April 23. CMAST - NC State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology says that the mother was not seen ...

A pygmy sperm whale washed up on the shore at Pismo State Beach on Valentine’s Day. It’s exciting for scientists because these deep-sea whales are rarely seen and not well understood.