November 7, 2025
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UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
West Coast mammal-eating killer whales are two distinct communities that rarely mix

November 7, 2025

New research has confirmed that West Coast transient killer whales who live between British Columbia and California are two distinct subpopulations: inner and outer coast transients. 

Based on 16 years of data from more than 2,200 encounters, the study published on November 6 in PLOS One challenges previous assumptions about this group of mammal-eating killer whales.

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