Scientists from Canada and the United States are racing against time to try nurse back to health a starving and endangered killer whale off the coast of British Columbia. There are only 75 Southern Resident Killer Whales left off the… »
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Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Climate change, changing predator-prey habits in Arctic
Researchers had thought this might happen. With the Arctic sea ice melting sooner, and forming later, and with decreasing ice extent, one of the world’s biggest predators, the killer whale, has been moving further into new areas, and for longer… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Less ice means killer whales moving into new northern areas
It has usually been a very rare occasion to spot killer whales in the Arctic. With their high dorsal fins, they traditionally kept away from the northern regions. With climate change and sea ice in the Arctic and Hudson bay… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
The picture of hope
Drones are in the news a lot lately and not always for good reasons. But a remote-controlled aerial vehicle made news Friday for capturing this bird’s-eye view of an orca and her calf swimming in Puget Sound, off British Columbia. Behind… »
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Life in the time of COVID-19
