A dead sperm whale that washed up on a Nantucket beach is making waves for local officials who are trying to move it. The 50-foot, 104,000-pound male sperm whale appeared on the island off ...

A young humpback whale that washed ashore Saturday in Oregon had to be euthanized after two days of rescue efforts. The whale, a roughly 1 to 2-year-old humpback, had surfaced near San Marine ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A whale was euthanized after being stranded near San Marine, south of Waldport on the Oregon Coast since Saturday night after it reportedly became tangled in fishing line. Rescue ...

UPDATE: The whale was euthanized around 3:00 p.m. Monday A young humpback whale stranded on the shore near Yachats, which captured the attention of many in Oregon and across the world, will be ...

UPDATE: Humpback whale stranded on the Oregon Coast to be euthanized A humpback whale that spent the weekend trapped in fishing nets and then stranded on shore near Yachats was still breathing on ...

Efforts to get a stranded humpback whale back into the ocean on Nov. 17 have failed, leaving wildlife officials with limited options except euthanasia, multiple officials said. A pulley system set up ...

A cacophony of barking alerts me to the cardboard box delivered to my front door. Packed inside is a single sheet of white corrugated plastic folded into what looks like a large suitcase. My canine ...

The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...

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Researchers have folded their way into a groundbreaking new family of origami patterns. Dubbed bloom patterns, because they resemble flowers as they unfold, the new class of origami shapes holds great ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

BYU Engineering is well known for origami-inspired research and innovations, including foldable antenna systems used in space. Recently, an undergraduate student made a significant discovery—a new ...