Sarah Gilman

Sarah Gilman

 

Sarah Gilman is a Portland, Oregon-based freelance writer and editor who covers the environment, science and the arts. She is also a contributing editor at High Country News.

A blue whale’s tale waits for student volunteers to begin cutting away blubber and flesh from the bones. The complete skeleton will eventually be displayed in Newport, Oregon.

What a Dead Blue Whale Can Teach Us About Life in the Ocean, and About Ourselves

Scientists and spectators gathered on an Oregon beach for the rare, messy, mesmerizing sight of a whale being carefully dismantled for museum display

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