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After stranding on a Florida beach, an orca’s odyssey to the museum will offer rich research opportunities
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will host a scientific symposium focused on the recently identified and endangered Rice’s whale, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act and other large whale conservation efforts. The symposium—to be held at the museum Thursday, Nov. 16, in partnership with National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
The whale beached in Palm Coast was transported to a secret research facility at the University of Florida, where scientists can study the decomposition of the creature and its effect on the environment.
On Jan 11 in Central Florida, a stranded killer whale was found dead. It will be buried in Gainesville at the University of Florida.
The submarine-size ocean creatures were not always behemoths. Now, a new study has found that the secret to a whale’s size may be in its genes.