Orcas off B.C.'s coast have been critically endangered for many years ... has found that inbreeding depression — the reduced survival and fertility of offspring that are a product of inbreeding ...
Orcas are actually large dolphins, and for decades people have sought to profit off of killer whales, even when it has put ...
The orcas are native to the Pacific Northwest with their habitat ranging from southeastern Alaska to central California. But ...
Researchers found evidence of inbreeding and small colonies in rusty patched bumblebee populations. A first-of-its-kind rangewide genetic study of the endangered rusty patched bumblebee found ...
PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — A petition to list the Southern Resident killer whale as endangered was accepted ... disturbance from passing vessels and inbreeding. MLB dominoes: With A’s to Vegas ...
Marine researchers have mapped the density of one of the most endangered large whale species worldwide, the North Atlantic right whale, using newly analyzed data to predict and help avoid whales ...
which lets users map data on global whale catches and whaling routes from 1880 to 1986. Scientists can compare this historical data and ... Endangered Whales Live in Area Earmarked for Gas ...
SEATTLE— Responding to legal pressure from the Center for Biological Diversity, the federal government finalized a new rule today expanding critical habitat protection along the West Coast for ...
A new study suggests that two killer whale populations in the North Pacific are distinct enough to be considered separate species. By Emily Anthes Killer whales are some of the most cosmopolitan ...
A southern resident killer whale preys on a salmon. (Candice Emmons/NOAA Fisheries, NMFS permit number 16163) (CN) — The endangered Southern Resident killer whales in the waters near Washington and ...