Excavations continue for unearthing the skeleton of a 14-metre-long fin whale, which washed ashore in Mersin in 2021 and was subsequently buried, for use in scientific research, in Mersin, Turkiye on October 07, 2025. As part of the “The Silence of the Whale Turns to Science” project, excavation work at the site where it was buried has made most of the whale skeleton visible, with the aim of reassembling it. (Photo by Serkan Avci/Anadolu via Getty Images)
