Orcas off B.C.'s coast have been critically endangered for many years, and scientists have found that a lack of genetic variability may be why. A new study out of Washington state, published ...
Southern resident orcas are large and at the top of the food chain. The orcas are native to the Pacific Northwest with their ...
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 ...
Orcas are actually large dolphins, and for decades people have sought to profit off of killer whales, even when it has put ...
PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — A petition to list the Southern Resident killer whale as endangered was accepted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday. With a population of ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Genetic analysis finds evidence suggesting that acoustic fat bodies in the heads of toothed whales were once the muscles and bone marrow of the ... Caller ID of the Sea: Tagging ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...