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The killer whale is the largest member of the dolphin family. The population of Southern Resident killer whales in the Pacific Northwest is one of the most critically endangered marine mammals. Learn about our work to protect and conserve killer whales. More @Wikipedia
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- Killer Whale - NOAA FisheriesThe killer whale is the largest member of the dolphin family. The population of Southern Resident killer whales in the Pacific Northwest is one of the most critically endangered marine mammals. Learn about our work to protect and conserve killer whales.
- Whales and Climate Change: Big Risks to the Ocean's Biggest SpeciesThere are only 73 Southern Resident killer whales remaining. This is due to several factors including limited access to their preferred prey, Chinook salmon, and high levels of contaminants from environmental pollution. Climate change has the potential to increase these two threats.
- Comparing Killer Whale Cuisine - NOAA FisheriesComparing Killer Whale Cuisine. New research aims to understand how two populations of North Pacific resident killer whales find food and what they eat. Southern Resident killer whale preys on salmon in the Salish Sea near Seattle. Credit: Candice Emmons/NOAA Fisheries.
- New killer whale species: Bigg's and resident killer whales | NOAA ...Now a team of scientists from NOAA Fisheries and universities have assembled genetic, physical, and behavioral evidence. The data distinguish two of the killer whale ecotypes of the North Pacific Coast—residents and Bigg’s—as separate species.
- Whales - NOAA FisheriesThis curriculum introduces killer whale (orca) biology, research and management through the story of an orphaned killer whale named Springer, and illustrate how NOAA, the community, and other agencies both in the United States and Canada worked…
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