Another North Atlantic right whale has turned up dead, this time off the coast of Virginia in late March. A necropsy found the endangered whale, a mother to a young calf, had suffered ...
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 ...
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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 ...
In this Oct. 17, 2018, photo, supporters of dam removals and other measures intended to help endangered orca whales stand near a giant inflatable orca outside a building in Tacoma, Wash., where the ...
The conservation status of orcas varies by population. Some groups are considered endangered due to threats like pollution, habitat loss, and reduced prey availability. Current estimates suggest that ...
There are no orcas to speak of in Western literature ... Is that a healthy number? Or are they endangered? No one knows, because researchers began counting them only in the 1970s and aren ...
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 ...
Orcas evolved from a small deer-like species that roamed the earth more than 50 million years ago. They are among the most formidable animals in the ocean — pack-hunting creatures that feed on ...
In a new look at the blue whale genome, scientists shed further ... While they are currently categorized as endangered, largely due to commercial whaling, their numbers are starting to see a ...
They also make up the bulk of the diet for endangered orcas in the waters of the Salish ... Just 73 whales remain, inbreeding is a severe problem, and scientists are warning of extinction.