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Are Orcas Endangered? - American Oceans

Orcas are drastically affected by climate change and global warming. Unfortunately, this reality is not unique to the orca population, and many sea and land ...

The Orca – Fact Versus Political Hysteria

Orcas may not have a clear-cut conservation status internationally, but the U.S. government is concerned enough about the animals that ply the ...

U.S. cities declare inherent rights for endangered orcas that swim in ...

They feast solely on chinook salmon, and the population of that particular fish has fallen dramatically over the last 100 years due to human ...

Southern Resident Killer Whale: imminent threat assessment

EcoJustice requested that the Ministers form the opinion that the species is facing imminent threats from reduced prey availability, physical ...

December 2016 - Pete Thomas Outdoors

The critically endangered Southern Resident killer whale population suffered another devastating loss this week, as the body of a popular male ...

New Calf Sighting Brings Brief Hope for Endangered Orcas, But ...

The southern resident orca population has remained relatively stagnant for decades despite once numbering more than 200 in the early 20th ...

High number of vulnerable killer whales is simply unprecedented

... endangered community have just been designated as “vulnerable ... population of killer whales. Instead we are left celebrating if a ...

The big problem for endangered orcas? Inbreeding – San Diego ...

New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest's endangered population of killer whales has failed to ...

Seasonal diet of Southern Resident killer whales | PLOS ONE

SRKWs provides an example of an endangered [13] predator whose diet largely comprises a threatened prey species. The SRKW population currently ...

For Orcas and Salmon, This Dam Plan Is a Disaster - Earthjustice

Scientists have long said removing the dams is foundational to the recovery of both endangered salmon and critically endangered Southern ...

Are there actually several species of killer whales? - Baleines en direct

This killer whale belongs to the “resident” ecotype, more specifically the northern resident population. © Jasspreet Sahib.

Why Are Killer Whales Harassing and Killing Porpoises ... - UC Davis

Southern Resident killer whales are an endangered population, numbering only 75 individuals. Their survival is intimately tied to the ...

A killer win for killer whales - Center for Biological Diversity

ICYMI: Southern Resident orcas are a critically endangered killer whale population off the Pacific Northwest that's down to 74 individuals.

Inbreeding in an endangered killer whale population - Ford - 2018

The southern resident killer whale Orcinus orca population is a group of ~80 whales listed as 'endangered' under the U.S. Endangered Species Act ...

Endangered orcas compete with seals, sea lions for salmon - AP News

“This really quantifies yet another pressure on recovering the salmon population,” said co-author Isaac Kaplan, a research fishery biologist ...

Southern Resident Killer Whale population declines again | CTV News

"(Those factors are) a lack of their primary prey, the Chinook salmon, noise and vessel disturbance and toxic chemicals in their environment,” ...

Inbreeding a big problem for endangered orcas, researchers say

SEATTLE — People have taken many steps in recent decades to help the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales, which have long suffered ...

Orcinus orca (Killer whale) - OBIS-SEAMAP Species Profile

They have also been persecuted because of real or perceived interference with fisheries and threats to humans. Entanglements in fishing nets, vessel collisions, ...

yall… im sad : r/orcas - Reddit

Like with the endangered Southern Resident orcas, these two orca populations have low genetic diversity and are therefore also vulnerable to ...

Respiratory Microbiome of Endangered Southern Resident Killer ...

... endangered SRKW population ... In the eastern North Pacific, the Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) population ...