B.C. orca baby boom offers hope, but population still fragile
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
The southern resident orcas, or killer whales, may be the most studied marine mammals in the world. Their survival is still precarious, so scientists like Lance Barrett-Lennard are keen to track the progress of the pods' four orca babies. "We need new whales in this population desperately, so fingers crossed that they will make it," he says.