Necropsy doesn’t suggest cause of whale’s death at Hanna ParkThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission performed a necropsy on a whale that washed ashore at Hanna Park in Jacksonville, but the report does not reveal to researchers how the whale died.
Humpback whale spotted in St. Marys this weekendCaptain Bud Brasier told News4JAX he spotted the humpback whale in the St. Mary’s Channel on Saturday, Jan. 7 around 11 a.m.
First right whale sighting of the year off Jekyll IslandAccording to the whale mapping website whalemap.org, the first right whale sighting of the year was Friday, November 30 off Jekyll Island.
Biologists say ocean trash likely led to a whale’s stranding and deathThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Southeast reported a 47 foot male sperm whale stranded off the Florida Keys.