A healthy Cuvier's beaked whale, typically a deep-sea dweller, was found dead on Kodiak Island with no clear cause of death.
A rare, emaciated fin whale was found dead near Kodiak, Alaska, with the local Sun'aq Tribe conducting a necropsy. There isn’t enough data for biologists to declare a trend yet, but these whales are being found on the heels of an unusual mortality event for gray whales in the Pacific Ocean.
A humpback whale found dead near Kodiak Island in Alaska undergoes the state's first whale necropsy of 2023 in an effort to determine the cause of death and understand the shrinking humpback population in the area, with initial findings suggesting the whale may have been struck by a boat.
NOAA has declared an “unusual mortality event” for gray whales on the North American west coast and launched an investigation.
The whale is located in an inaccessible place where scientists are unable to take a necropsy.
Three dead gray whales washed up on two different Kodiak Island beaches recently. The strandings happened within the span of a week.
New beaked whale species: Berardius
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