Latest News Latest News

Content with tag social organization .

The killer whales of the Strait of Gibraltar are different

A key goal for wildlife managers is identifying discrete, demographically independent conservation units. Previous genetic work assigned killer whales that occur seasonally in the Strait of...

Maternal kinship and fisheries interaction influence killer whale social structure

The primary prey of killer whales in the Strait of Gibraltar is the bluefin tuna. All killer whales observed in this area hunt tuna by chasing individual fish until they become exhausted and can be...