{"id":818400,"date":"2026-08-19T04:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T04:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/818400\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T04:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T04:26:10","slug":"dead-whale-washes-ashore-in-barnegat-light-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/818400\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead whale washes ashore in Barnegat Light, New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, August 19, 2026 1:09AM<\/p>\n<p>Dead whale washes ashore in New Jersey<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. (WPVI) &#8212; The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is investigating after a dead whale washed ashore in Barnegat Light, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The whale was first reported Sunday off the coast of Long Beach Island before coming ashore Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Experts believe it&#8217;s a female fin whale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials said the carcass is heavily decomposed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities are urging members of the public to stay away from the carcass and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Officials also warned that anyone who encounters any part of the whale should not touch or collect it. Instead, they should report the finding to authorities immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, August 19, 2026 1:09AM Dead whale washes ashore in New Jersey WPVI BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. (WPVI) &#8212;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[347223,79,201],"class_list":["post-818400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-347223","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}