Dead Humpback Whale Washes Up On NYC Beach

NEW YORK (AP) — Marine biologists will try to determine what killed a humpback whale whose carcass has washed up on a New York City beach.
The approximately 30-foot (9-meter)-long whale was found on Rockaway Beach in Queens on Tuesday morning.
Volunteers and city fire crews tied the whale’s tail to a tractor to prevent it from floating away. The whale’s weight prevented it from being moved farther on shore.
Experts from the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society are helping to co