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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed additional offshore borrow sources to support future dredging and beach nourishment projects in St. Johns County, Florida.
About 20 calves would need to be born to stabilize North Atlantic right whale population as few are still alive.
After a critically endangered baby North Atlantic right whale was struck by a boat and killed last weekend, experts are warning people to keep a wary eye out for the animals. The 22-foot-long right whale calf was struck by a boat around the St. Augustine Inlet on Feb. 12, and washed up at Anastasia State Park the next day with severe propeller injuries and broken ribs. Its mother, whale #3230, nicknamed “Infinity,” was also seen with injuries. The results of the calf’s necropsy are pending. “There’s a reason why we ask (people) to slow their boats down and keep their distance. I t...
A right whale calf died after colliding with a boat just outside the St. Augustine Inlet Friday evening, according to the Marineland Right Whale Project director and officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The calf washed up on the northern part of Anastasia State Park Saturday morning between the St. Augustine Inlet and the bathhouses for Anastasia State Park, with "severe" injuries from a propeller, Jim Hain, the director of the Marineland Right Whale Project, said. Chris Pacetti with the St. Augustine Fire Rescue told First Coast News that around 6:48 Friday...