Dead Humpback Whale Washes Up on Washington Beach

This humpbacked whale washed up on Dockweiler State Beach in Playa Del Ray, Calif., on July 1, 2016. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

The corpse of a humpback whale washed up on Ocean Shores Beach, Washington, on Aug. 11, possibly killed by getting wrapped up in fishing lines.

The whale had been floating offshore for a few days, monitored by scientists from the nonprofit Cascadia Research Center (CRC).