Scientists scramble to study newly-discovered whale species before it s too late
Kimberly Kuizon reports
SARASOTA, Fla. - Local scientists are both excited and concerned about a one-of-a-kind discovery – a new species of whale.
It washed up on shore in the Everglades more than a year ago but now scientists hope they can learn more from its remains before it s too late.
The whale’s carcass – measuring 38 feet long and weighing 30 tons – was discovered off Everglades National Park in 2019. It’s pretty mindboggling, said Gretchen Lovewell, stranding investigations program manager at MOTE Marine Lab. It kind of goes to show us that we don’t always know as much as we think we do.
Brydeâs Whale Or Riceâs Whale
Scientists Identify New Whale Species By Justin Hobbs | February 11, 2021 at 7:02 PM EST - Updated February 11 at 7:05 PM
Gulf of Mexico (WWSB) -âWhaleâ this has become quite the discovery. The 2019 38-foot male Brydeâs whale, that washed up in Sandy Key, was not exactly a Brydeâs whale. A decade of research has now led to the discovery of a new species of whale, that is right here in The Gulf of Mexico. This new species of whale may be one of the worlds most critically endangered. In 2019, when this whale washed up in the Florida Everglades, it was believed that it was a Brydeâs whale; however, there was already suspicion that The Gulfâs Brydeâs whale may not be a Brydeâs after all. The suspicion came about after a wash up in Fort Desoto in 2009. Ten years later, another wash up in The Everglades pushed researches to perform a necropsy on the whale and what they found is that it is indeed a dif
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SPCMSC Scientists to Investigate Geology of Pinellas County, Florida Barrier Islands Release Date:
February 4, 2021
SPCMSC geologists Daniel Ciarletta, Julie Bernier, and Nancy DeWitt will be collecting field data from the barrier islands of Pinellas County, Florida, to learn about their past evolution beginning in mid to late February.
Mendenhall postdoctoral fellow Daniel Ciarletta and geologist Julie Bernier perform field reconnaissance at Caladesi Island, along the Gulf coast of central Florida. The scientists are refining a plan to sample and survey the island using sediment vibracores and ground-penetrating radar. (Credit: Hunter Wilcox, USGS. Public domain.)
The barrier islands of the Pinellas County coast are among the most dynamic in the world, providing an ideal natural laboratory to study how changes in sediment availability and sea-level rise impact island morphology on the scale of decades to centuries. As part of his Mendenhall fellowship, SPCMSC Researc
Ultra-rare whale washed up off Florida s Gulf Coast is a new species, scientists say
Zachary T. Sampson
The animal formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale could need a new name.
The endangered whale may upon confirmation be an entirely new species, according to research from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Scientists have long puzzled over the whales, with fewer than 100 estimated in existence, perhaps among the rarest in the world. Examination of a skeleton found off of Everglades National Park in 2019, which was later buried at Fort De Soto Park to decompose, has led to new clues.