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Learn why blue whale calves are prime orca targets and how their massive mothers use slipstreams, allies, and shockwaves to keep them alive.

Common names for animals are often easier to remember than their Latin names, but they can often lead to confusion. Here are 10 animals with some very misleading names.

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Biologists have seen signs of orca-on-orca predation in the North Pacific, and such cannibalism may explain why some orcas travel in large family groups. Two distinct subspecies of orcas, also called ...

Matthew I. Thompson receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of Regina provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. University of ...