The Noyo Center for Marine Science plans to conduct a necropsy on an endangered sperm whale that washed ashore in Mendocino Friday morning. (Noyo Center for Marine Science via Bay City News) Credit: Abbey Dias, Abbey Underwater Photography/Courtesy of the Noyo Center for Marine Science

Note 8/3/22: Our latest whale update can be found here.

MENDOCINO, CA, 8/1/22 – After someone walking on the Mendocino Headlands Friday morning spotted an adult male sperm whale carcass, local scientists are planning to collect the animal’s skull, take more research samples, and possibly perform a necropsy.

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