The U.S. Navy’s Orca drone, also known as the Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV), has been in development for years, but will soon be in the hands of sailors as the sea service works to ...
"Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in the first year," the center, which tracks southern resident orca populations in the Pacific Northwest, wrote in a ...
"Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in the first year," the center, which tracks southern resident orca populations in the Pacific Northwest, wrote in a ...
The cause of death of the calf is unclear, but experts shared that the first year of life for a young killer whale is the most critical and dangerous. "I sort of thought at one point, okay ...
The calf was born Dec. 24. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led them to worry for the young whale's health.
“The team, including multiple experienced killer whale researchers, have expressed concern about the calf’s health based on the behavior of both J35 and J61,” the Center for Whale Research said in a ...
“Early life is always dangerous for new calves ... “It’s devastating to lose another orca calf, and the only remedy to this tragedy is doing much more to help the Southern Resident orcas ...
An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf, in another sign ...