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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Seattle's southern resident killer whales in peril
The southern resident orca population marked the turn of the year with both heartbreak and hope: the death of a newborn calf ...
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Residents outraged after vandalism wreaks havoc on local economy: 'Their actions are now hurting people's quality of life'
"It’s incalculable." Residents outraged after vandalism wreaks havoc on local economy: 'Their actions are now hurting ...
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Federal ministers sued over lack of action on endangered orcas
Environmental groups are taking federal ministers to court in a push for them to recommend an emergency order to save ...
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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 ...
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Valeria Vergara: A mother's grief, a population on the brink
Tahlequah is grieving. Hour after hour, day after day, she clings to the lifeless body of her newborn. She carries her calf ...
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Southern Resident orca seen carrying deceased calf once again: what we can learn from Tahlequah’s second tour of grief
In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...
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Canada sued over delay in protecting endangered killer whales
The petition comes two months after a federal threat assessment concluded that despite interim protection measures, an ...
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Calling for an emergency protection order under section 80 of the Species at Risk Act to protect Southern Resident whales
Please read the following letter sent by Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, to the Minister of Environment and ...
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Belly-rubbing Northern Resident killer whales return to Howe Sound
Beach rubbing, when animals swim close to shore to rub their bellies on smooth pebbles, is thought to help scrape off dead ...