{"id":177259,"date":"2026-03-27T15:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/177259\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:46:08","slug":"massive-dead-whale-washes-up-on-rockaway-beach-in-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/177259\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive dead whale washes up on Rockaway Beach in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gigantic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/video\/dead-whale-washes-ashore-on-rockaway-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">40-foot whale carcass washed up on Rockaway Beach<\/a> after floating off the coast of Long Island.\u00a0   <\/p>\n<p>Video from Chopper 2 shows the huge animal lying in the sand at the Queens beach Thursday. Many people were seen standing against a barrier, taking pictures of it.   <\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rockaway-beach-whale-11-wcbshawr-hi-res-still-00-00-1122.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"rockaway-beach-whale-11-wcbshawr-hi-res-still-00-00-1122.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A 40-foot whale was found lying on Rockaway Beach in Queens Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Chopper 2<\/p>\n<p>The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSEAS) said they got notification that a sei whale was floating offshore about 15 miles south of Long Island Tuesday.   <\/p>\n<p>AMSEAS officials said they are working with local authorities at the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, NOAA and the state&#8217;s Department of Environmental Conservation to secure and monitor the animal.   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/species\/sei-whale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sei whales are endangered<\/a>\u00a0and are common in the Southeast&#8217;s waters. They are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Touching, feeding or harming these animals is illegal.\u00a0   <\/p>\n<p>Officials are urging people to stay 150 feet away.   <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is important to remember that whales in the surf are still dangerous, even when deceased,&#8221; a statement from AMSEAS read.\u00a0   <\/p>\n<p>A necropsy examination is expected to be done Friday to determine the cause of death. Officials urge the public to report strandings of marine mammals and sea turtles by calling 631-369-9829. The public can also report sightings of healthy animals by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/whale-rockaway-beach-dead-carcass\/mailto:sightings@amseas.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a>.\u00a0   <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A gigantic, 40-foot whale carcass washed up on Rockaway Beach after floating off the coast of Long Island.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,294,8951],"class_list":["post-177259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-rockaway-beach","tag-whales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}