The sperm whale on Cuttyhunk Island was a female measuring 32 feet long and weighing about 11 tons, Hedman said.

A sperm whale stranded on Cuttyhunk Island over the weekend, adding to alarming whale death toll since December. Here's what we know.

Dale Lynch, the assistant harbor master on Cuttyhunk, said the whale was found alive on the south side of the island, straight across from the Gay Head Cliffs, by a walker. He, in turn, contacted federal officials and IFAW, and the whale later died.

A whale washed ashore on Cuttyhunk Island Monday. Officials from the International Fund for Animal Welfare confirmed it was a female sperm whale. The whale is an estimated 32-feet long and 22,000lbs.

A 26-foot humpback whale that was found deceased and entangled in commercial mussel-farming gear this week off Huntington Beach washed ashore Saturday morning just south of the city pier.