DNA Confirms Orcas Prey Upon One of Australia's Deadliest Marine Predators
The researchers took swabs from the white shark's bite wounds and sequenced for any genetic material that the predator may have left behind. This confirmed the presence of orca DNA in the main bite, ...
Killer whales murder great white sharks for their livers
According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...
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Why empathizing with wildlife is essential for conservation
For more than a thousand miles, a Southern Resident killer whale known as Tahlequah carried the body of her dead calf on a ...
Research illuminates growing extinction threat for southern resident orcas
The endangered southern resident killer whales that visit Puget Sound were listed for protection under the federal Endangered ...
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Surviving Nature’s Freezers: Meet the Animals Thriving in Earth’s Polar Regions
The polar regions are the coldest places on Earth. During the summer, the poles receive 24 hours of sunlight, but during the winter the sun is rarely visible. Animals that inhabit nature’s freezers ...