Time is running out for the critically endangered population of southern ... the loss of individuals to ship strikes, inbreeding, and a reduced ability of Chinook salmon abundance to affect ...
Orcas are actually large dolphins, and for decades people have sought to profit off of killer whales, even when it has put ...
Researchers found evidence of inbreeding and small colonies in rusty patched bumblebee populations. A first-of-its-kind rangewide genetic study of the endangered rusty patched bumblebee found ...
Water scarcity, overuse and development are among the reasons why 10 waterways across the nation were ranked this year’s most endangered rivers by the advocacy group American Rivers. Billed as ...
We all understand the concept of inbreeding in human terms – where people who are too genetically similar reproduce, resulting in offspring with deformities. With each inbred generation ...
Although both types live in the eastern North Pacific, they have different diets: the resident orcas eat fish, with a particular predilection for salmon, while the Bigg’s orcas hunt marine ...
Meanwhile, captive orcas remain, well, captive – and in some countries, their numbers may be increasing. “I feel fortunate to be one of the endangered species myself,” Grey Stafford told me.
University of Victoria historian Jason Colby said that in the past, aquariums had worked with purse-seine fishermen, to ...
People are seen walking along the beach and filming the orcas as they swim close to the coast. According to the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, orcas are considered endangered on a state ...