Experts unable to confirm cause of death for gray whale that washed ashore at Crissy Field
By Daniel Montes article
The Marine Mammal Center and its partners at California Academy of Sciences performed a necropsy, or animal autopsy, at Angel Island State Park Thursday morning, April 1, 2021, on an adult female gray whale. By investigating deaths like this, the Cen
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SAN FRANCISCO - Officials with the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito said Friday they re unable to confirm the cause of death for a gray whale that washed ashore San Francisco s Crissy Field earlier this week.
The perished whale was initially discovered on Wednesday morning by police, and after center officials were alerted, the whale s body was carefully towed to Angel Island State Park for further examination.
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A professor emerita of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, Langenheim conducted field research on five continents, crossed the disciplinary boundaries of botany, geology, and chemistry, served as president of four different scientific societies, and broke new ground for women in science.
Subscribe Jean was a remarkable person who forged new pathways in her personal scientific research, overcame the many barriers to women scientists as she built her scientific program, contributed to the establishment and furthering of entire scientific disciplines, and mentored generations of students, said John Thompson, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCSC.