A whale washed up on the beach in West Cape May, New Jersey, on Tuesday afternoon. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said they're assisting the whale. They got the call about it around 3 p.m.The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said they're unsure if the whale is still alive.

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center's data show that stranding incidents are down this year after a peak in 2023.

The minke whale was found at Sunset Beach near the wreck of the SS Atlantus early Tuesday afternoon and remained alive for a few hours.

A stranded Minke whale that was discovered on Sunset Beach on Cape May Point, New Jersey, on Tuesday, was euthanized after, officials said, it was found unlikely to survive after being stranded on the shore.

Officials say an 18-foot Minke whale washed up on Sunset Beach at Cape May Point, becoming stranded dry on the beach.

A small Minke whale stranded on Sunset Beach Tuesday afternoon was euthanized after marine experts determined it had little chance of

A distressed whale beached at the Jersey Shore on Tuesday afternoon was euthanized after marine biologists determined it was in too poor of a condition to be returned to the water.

LOWER TWP, N.J. (WPVI) -- A whale washed up along the Delaware Bay in Lower Township, New Jersey, on Tuesday afternoon. It was first reported around 3 p.m. on Sunset Beach along the 500 block of Sunset Boulevard.

SUNSET BEACH – The Marine Mammal Stranding Center responded to a report of a small whale that appeared to be dead at Sunset Beach, Lower Township, near Cape May Point, on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 3, and ended up euthanizing the animal.

People walking on a Cape May, NJ, beach found a juvenile whale on the sand. The whale could not be saved and had to be euthanized. Whale strandings are down in New Jersey from 2023.

A whale that became beached along the Jersey Shore on Tuesday afternoon has been euthanized after a medical evaluation determined that “the whale’s prognosis was extremely poor, and was unlikely to survive.