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A new species of whale has been identified in the busy shipping channel in the Gulf of Mexico. However, scientists have said there are fewer than 100 of the creatures left.The whales, which can be 13
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Genetic analysis and a close examination of the skulls from a group of baleen whales in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico have revealed that they are a new species.
“I was surprised that there could be an unrecognized species of whale out there, especially in our backyard,” says Lynsey Wilcox, a geneticist with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who helped uncover the new species. “I never imagined I would be describing a new species in my career, so it is a very exciting discovery.”
The newly described whales weren’t exactly hiding in plain sight. With a population estimated at fewer than 100, the new whales which researchers have dubbed Rice’s whales after American biologist Dale Rice aren’t commonly seen even in the corner of the Gulf of Mexico they call home. It doesn’t help that the whales, previously believed to be a population of Bryde’s whales, have a feeding strategy that takes them deep under the water around DeSoto C
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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.