Why were the young orcas so bored? A surprising chain of events is behind the encounters, the scientists believe. This particular population of Iberian killer whales is critically endangered ...
Inbreeding depression is the reduced survival and fertility of offspring of related individuals. Large effects are documented in wild animal and plant populations, as well as in humans ...
Orcas just want to have fun. Orcas have been ramming boats off Spain, Portugal, and Morocco since 2020. A group of scientists now argues it's because the orcas are bored and feeling playful. Orcas ...
Orcas ramming onto boats and sinking them in the Strait of Gibraltar may just be teenage killer whales playing around and following a behavioural trend, a marine biologist says. Since May 2020 ...
(Renaud De Stephanis/IWC) Hundreds of dangerous boat-ramming incidents over the past five years have cast orcas as deep-sea villains plotting to take back the ocean. But the killer whales causing ...
“Orca – Black & White Gold,” a documentary about the international trade of endangered orcas, is set to screen next week as part of the Marché du Film. The screening, which is being ...
Although known as killer whales, endangered orcas are part of the dolphin family. They can measure up to eight meters (26 feet) and weigh up to six tons as adults.
We can hear it before we see it: the grinding, churning rumble of a container ship as it rounds Stuart Island into British Columbia’s Haro Strait. It’s five kilometres away, but the ship may ...
Endangered species are often characterized ... For small, isolated populations, genetic drift can lead to inbreeding depression, erosion of genetic diversity and accumulation of deleterious ...
Scientists Find Ancient, Endangered Lamprey Fish in Queensland, 1400 Km North of Its Previous Known Range May 8, 2024 — Scientists have confirmed the identity of an unusual, ancient and ...
Although known as killer whales, endangered orcas are part of the dolphin family. They can measure up to eight metres and weigh up to six tonnes as adults. Sign up here. Reporting by David Latona ...