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Tag: orcas

A Place for Orcas to Call Home
Conservation

A Place for Orcas to Call Home

Orcas face increasing threats from human related activities and marine noise pollution. Is there somewhere quiet they can call home?
February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Ashley Mickens
There and back again: Uncovering the mysteries of gray whale migration
Behavior

There and back again: Uncovering the mysteries of gray whale migration

Gray whales undertake one of the longest migrations of any animal, swimming 12,000 miles round-trip between their northern feeding grounds…
February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Julia Zeh
Why don’t whales have strokes?
Neurobiology

Why don’t whales have strokes?

Whales can't breathe underwater. But even though whale brains should be damaged by the lack of oxygen, they aren't. Scientists…
June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Anastasia Yandulskaya
Ecology of Fear: Current Implications of Orca Presence on Narwhal Behavior and Future Trends
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Conservation Ecology Sea Ice Trophic Ecology

Ecology of Fear: Current Implications of Orca Presence on Narwhal Behavior and Future Trends

The ecology of fear is a hypothesis that predators drive habitat use and behavior in prey species. In the Arctic,…
December 20, 2018December 24, 2018 Matthew Larsen
Behavior Biology Climate Change

Orca vs Narwhal

Orcas are natural predators of narwhals, but they are seasonally kept at bay by Arctic sea ice. As the Arctic…
June 12, 2017June 12, 2017 Megan Chen
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Book Review Developmental Biology Evolution

Killer whale pods: hunting dynamics

Killer whale pods spend almost all of their time together, with the exception of when they hunt. Why are they…
July 18, 2016July 19, 2016 Anne M. Hartwell

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