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A Mystery in Alaska: Video: Killer Whales Attacking Sea Lions

Frustrated fishermen captured video of killer whales thrashing at sea lions in a harbor. Are fisheries being blamed for losses caused by killer whales?

July 1st, 2008 | 0 comments | 648 Views

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The Dolphin Defender: The Effects of PCBs

Chemical pollution, including pollution from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), has been linked to health and reproductive problems in dolphins and orcas.

June 12th, 2008 | 3 comments | 1,012 Views

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A Mystery in Alaska: Interview: Ecologist Andrew Trites

NATURE spoke with Trites about the complexities of Alaska's offshore ecosystems. A number of complex factors are likely to blame for the decline in Alaska's Steller's sea lions, he says.

June 10th, 2008 | 1 comment | 892 Views

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Killers in Eden: Introduction

NATURE's Killers in Eden examines a remarkable and mysterious partnership between killer whales and whalers.

May 25th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,413 Views

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Killers in Eden: Expert Hunters

Whether you call them "whale killers" or "fish tigers" seafarers have long been awed by the hunting prowess of the large black-and-white dolphins known as orcas.

May 25th, 2008 | 0 comments | 247 Views

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Killers in Eden: Face to Face with a Killer Whale

Writer Danielle Clode scoured scientific literature, trying to see if it could really be true that wild orcas would actually cooperate with human whalers.

May 25th, 2008 | 1 comment | 283 Views

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Killers in Eden: Australia’s Whaling Industry

The growth of whaling in Eden was part of a national trend. In fact, commercial whaling was one of Australia's earliest and most lucrative industries.

May 25th, 2008 | 0 comments | 217 Views

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