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Drone photos suggest a 2014 marine heat wave is still stunting orca growth, reproduction in Alaska

Killer whales, including calves and juveniles, travel in their family group in the Gulf of Alaska in June 2025. It’s well documented by now that the marine heatwave that hit the Pacific Ocean in 2014 ...
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Wildlife Photographer Gets 'First-Ever' Photos of an Orca Birth, Which Included a 'Protective Circle' of Killer Whales

Orca Channel photographer Krisztina Balotay captured the dramatic photos on a tour with Green Gold of Norway Researchers on a whale watching trip with Green Gold of Norway witnessed an orca whale ...
Forbes

Killer Whales Teach Their Children To Beach Themselves — A Biologist Explains Why

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Along remote coastlines, killer whale parents teach their young how to intentionally beach ...
Forbes

A Biologist Reveals Why Orca Survival Depends On Culture, Not Killing

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Orcas are born with powerful bodies and sharp teeth, but they are not born knowing how to ...