{"id":176334,"date":"2026-03-26T18:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/176334\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T18:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:43:40","slug":"dead-whale-washes-up-on-rockaway-beach-queens-drawing-onlookers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/176334\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead whale washes up on Rockaway Beach, Queens, drawing onlookers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dead whale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWWcEftjghD\/?img_index=12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">washed up on Rockaway Beach<\/a> in Queens Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The city Parks Department responded to the discovery near Beach 95th St. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/littleguyana592news\/posts\/a-fin-whale-has-washed-up-dead-on-beach-96th-street-this-morning-this-is-the-fir\/1605803961347089\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">roped off the fin whale<\/a>, which quickly drew a crowd of onlookers to the beach.<\/p>\n<p>The fin whale is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/species\/fin-whale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second-largest whale species on Earth<\/a>. They weigh between 40 and 80 tons and range in length from 75 to 85 feet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The carcass of a fin whale is seen near Beach 96th St. in Rockaway Beach on Thursday.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"277\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0326whale2.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8754605\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Barry Paddock \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n<p>The carcass of a fin whale washed ashore near Beach 95th St. on Rockaway Beach Thursday. (Barry Paddock \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>The Rockaway Times reported the last whale to wash up on the Rockaways was in May 2025, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockawaytimes.com\/dead-whale-washes-up-on-beach-97th\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decomposing humpback whale showed up on the beach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That whale washed up only about a block from where Thursday\u2019s sea creature was found.<\/p>\n<p>In that case, biologists from the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society were called in to perform a necropsy<\/p>\n<p>Any sightings of sick, injured or deceased whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles should be reported the NYS Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Hotline at (631) 369-9829.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The carcass of a fin whale is seen near Beach 96th St. in Rockaway Beach on Thursday, March 26, 2026.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"277\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0326whale3.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8754606\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Barry Paddock \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n<p>The carcass of a fin whale washed ashore near Beach 95th St. on Rockaway Beach Thursday. (Barry Paddock \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dead whale washed up on Rockaway Beach in Queens Thursday morning. 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