killer whales

Study Links at-risk Orcas’ Failed Pregnancies to Scarce Food
Study Links at-risk Orcas’ Failed Pregnancies to Scarce Food
Study Links at-risk Orcas’ Failed Pregnancies to Scarce Food
SEATTLE (AP) — The endangered killer whales that frequent the inland waters of Washington state are having pregnancy problems because they can't find enough to eat. That's according to a new study by researchers who analyzed hormones in excrement collected at sea and found more than two-thirds of orca pregnancies failed over a seven-year period...
Endangered Puget Sound Orca Found Dead Off Canadian Coastdied of Blunt Trauma, Likely Struck
Endangered Puget Sound Orca Found Dead Off Canadian Coastdied of Blunt Trauma, Likely Struck
Endangered Puget Sound Orca Found Dead Off Canadian Coastdied of Blunt Trauma, Likely Struck
SEATTLE (AP) — Officials in Canada say an endangered Puget Sound orca found off the coast of British Columbia died of blunt trauma to its head and dorsal side. The initial necropsy from Fisheries and Oceans Canada shows the 18-year-old male killer whale was alive at the time he was hit...