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- Fragile population of North American orcas threatened by ...🔍
- Killer Whale🔍
- Southern Resident Orcas🔍
- Skin disease in orcas off North American coast concerns scientists🔍
- Rare Orcas Off Washington Coast Suffering Mystery Skin Lesions🔍
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Fragile Population of North American Orcas Threatened by ...
Fragile Population of North American Orcas Threatened by ...
Fewer than 75 animals remain in the endangered population of the southern resident orcas, so a better understanding of the impact of skin ...
Fragile population of North American orcas threatened by ...
Fragile population of North American orcas threatened by mysterious skin disease · ||| FROM SCIENCE ALERT ||| · Scientists are concerned after a ...
Today, some killer whale populations face many other threats, including food limitations, chemical contaminants, and disturbances from vessel traffic and sound.
Southern Resident Orcas - Endangered Species Coalition
The orcas that live off the U.S. Pacific coastline—the Southern Resident Orca—are critically endangered. They organize their society along matrilineal lines ...
Skin disease in orcas off North American coast concerns scientists
Scientists studying an endangered population of orcas resident off the Pacific north-west coast of Canada and the US have recorded a “strong ...
Rare Orcas Off Washington Coast Suffering Mystery Skin Lesions
Virtually every orca in an endangered North American group is suffering from mysterious skin lesions, say scientists.
Currently Critically Endangered, Our Orca Population Heads Toward ...
Our orca population is fragile, with no growth projected under current conditions, and decline expected if new or increased threats are imposed.
New research points to another big problem for endangered orcas in ...
People have taken many steps in recent decades to help the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales, which have long suffered from ...
Warning sign of an accelerating decline in critically endangered ...
The critically endangered Southern Resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) population illustrates its contrast, which we term bright extinction.
Inbreeding Contributes to Decline of Endangered Killer Whales
The small size and isolation of the endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have led to high levels of inbreeding.
Endangered orcas compete with seals, sea lions for salmon
"This really quantifies yet another pressure on recovering the salmon population," said co-author Isaac Kaplan, a research fishery biologist ...
Orca Facts - Did you know? - Georgia Strait Alliance
That's 30 times longer than humans! However, over the past 200 years, human activities have contributed to several orca populations becoming endangered. Orcas ...
Orcas are iconic and beloved. Why do we know so little about them?
What's more, these overlapping populations don't seem to interact or breed with each other. Indeed, they may avoid or be actively aggressive to ...
Southern resident orcas - Wikipedia
The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service listed this distinct population segment of orcas as endangered, effective from 2005, under the Endangered Species Act ...
North Atlantic orcas reveal the troubling persistence of toxic ocean ...
As the top predators in the ocean, killer whales suffer from the magnifying level of pollutants that build up in the marine food web.
Killer whale - International Whaling Commission
Human induced threats ... Although killer whales, with their bulk and strength appear to be less susceptible to bycatch in fisheries gear than other species of ...
Killer whale | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Conservation Threats and Actions Needed. All three populations of killer whale occurring in Washington carry heavy loads of environmental contaminants, face a ...
Fewer than 80 individuals survive today. Why are Southern Resident orcas endangered? The Southern Resident orca population was initially reduced ...
Are Orcas Endangered? Conservation Status and Threats
In the 2013 assessment, the IUCN estimated that the combination of prey depletion and ocean pollution could lead to a 30% reduction in orca populations over the ...
Southern Resident Orcas - Endangered Species Coalition
The orcas that live off the U.S. Pacific coastline—the Southern Resident orca (Orcinus orca)—are a crucial part of the Pacific Northwest economy, ecology, and ...