Seaweed bloom reaches record size: ‘Major beaching events are inevitable’ According to Roame, the gray whale without a tail fin was swimming at a normal pace of 3 mph. She said this type of injury was likely caused by its tail being tangled in commercial fishing gear, causing it to ev...
They were discovered from photographs of a beaching event that occurred in New Zealand in 1955. The word Orcinus is Latin meaning kingdom of the dead, referring to its reputation for eating a variety of sea life. ©Pittman – Public Domain – Original / License Appearance & Behavior ...
The death of a whale found on the beach in Long Beach Township comes amid an unusual rise indead humpback whales along the East Coast, according to NOAA. The "unusual mortality event"has been observed since 2016 and stretches from Maine to Florida. Eight humpback whales were found dead in ...
On June 21, 2000 a female pygmy sperm whale calf (Kogia breviceps) stranded in Key West, Florida. Initial assessment revealed that she was dehydrated and emaciated with numerous lacerations from beaching. Additionally, there was a raised area on her melon, craniolateral to the blowhole. This ...