How rare was the orca stranding on a Florida beach? It’s the first on record When Blair Mase arrived at the Palm Coast beach around 9 a.m. Wednesday, she was in disbelief. Tribune News Service · Jan 12, 2023
Fishing gear and plastic bag pieces found in the stomach of a dead sperm whale in Keys Biologists conducting an necropsy on a sperm whale that beached itself in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida Keys said they found man-made materials in the mammal’s stomach that likely contributed to its death. Miami Herald · May 12, 2022
What killed the whales? Two found dead off the Florida Keys, and one towed to a marina Two sperm whales died within seven days of each other in the Florida Keys, according to state and federal officials. Miami Herald · May 11, 2022