Orcas that have been bumping boats in Iberian waters for four years are likely just bored teenagers with too much time on their flippers, experts say. A report published May 24 found that orcas (Orcinus orcas) involved in a string of boat-ramming incidents in southwestern Europe a...
” Their presence in these waters during the summer months is normal as they follow their favorite food, bluefin tuna. Humans can accidently or intentionally harass marine mammals – it is illegal to purposefully harass marine mammals. However, experts say this apparently aggressive behavior by this...
immunosuppression and infectious disease mortality in previous multivariate studies of UK-stranded HPs (statistically independent of age, sex, sexual maturity and two quantitative indices of nutritional status)5 and similar to those associated with impaired reproduction in adult female HPs in UK waters26...
“You have all this energy out in the Pacific that’s available to the atmosphere and it blows over those ocean waters and brings those temperatures on land, resulting in a lot of melt,” Anslow says. Projections for what B.C.’s climate will look like by 2050 mirror this past summer,...
Strager visits Inuit hunters in Greenland who continue to rely on the sea for their sustenance. They kill orcas on sight, convinced they eat narwhals. However, data from the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources do not back up this assertion: orcas rarely share the waters with narwhals, ...
PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters. Sci. Rep. 6, 18573.Jepson PD, Deaville R, Barber JL, Aguilar A, Borrell A, Murphy S et al (2016) PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters. ...
This week's sightings have not only excited the scientific community but have also captivated locals and tourists alike, highlighting the rich and diverse marine life that the waters around Tenerife support.
The 85 orcas of the southern resident killer whale population travel in three separate pods, spending much of their time roaming the inland waters of Washington state from the San Juan Islands to south Puget Sound. During the winter they have been found offshore, ranging as far south as Monte...