Authorities were in Venice Beach Sunday monitoring a sperm whale that beached itself on a sandbar off Service Club Park. Scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory were assisted by the Florida Fish and ...

Mote Marine Labroatory, the Sarasota Sheriff's Office and Venice Police were attempting to help a 70-foot sperm whale that was beached on a sandbar off Venice Beach, Sunday. Mote Marine Labroatory, ...

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A 50-foot-long sperm whale that died after it was stranded on a sandbar off a Venice beach is winched to shore so a necropsy can be conducted. State wildlife and local law enforcement officials ...

VENICE – Mote Marine Laboratory scientists, with the help of local law enforcement marine units, are attempting to treat a beached sperm whale that was spotted Sunday on a sandbar off of Venice Beach.