A killer whale mom ... “Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in the first year,” the Center for Whale Research posted to Facebook just four days ...

About twice as many killer whales were circling ... experiences a “boom” cycle. “Where there is a food item like anchovy, there is a predator like humpback whales,” Flannery said.

Image by Far Out Ocean Research Collective. A pod of false killer whales off the coast of New Zealand. False killer whales are a fascinating species that we still have much to learn about.