3/14/2019
JACKSONVILLE, Fla - Look closely and you might notice some subtle differences with a killer whale that has been chasing fishermen in subantarctic ...
For years, there have been stories and photographs of “odd-looking” killer whales lurking in some of the roughest parts of the sub-Antarctic seas.
3/13/2019
B.C. researchers studying unique killer whale. B.C. researchers are studying a unique member of the killer whale family that science knows little about.
ALERT BAY B.C- Researchers think they've found last large mammal to be classified on the planet. An expeditionary force led by The National ...
The NOAA says a possible name for the new species could be the sub antarctic killer whale because it briefly describes their habitat- the offshore ...
3/12/2019
The killer whales were spotted in January in a region that has the "world's worst weather," Pitman told National Geographic. The Type D killer whales ...
The marine mammals, known as Type D killer whales, had been seen in old photographs take after a mass stranding in New Zealand in 1955, but until ...
tech2 News Staff Mar 12, 2019 18:24:43 IST. Deep beneath some of the world's roughest seas live a mysterious species of killer whales that look very ...
Researchers with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration have long been searching for a species dubbed 'Type D killer whale.
We hear about the loss of species all the time now, sadly, but we may have a NEW species to worry about...well, sort of. Researchers with the National ...
The ocean is full of mysteries, yet scientists rarely expect to find a new species, especially one as conspicuous as a killer whale. Yet according to the ...
“This is the most different looking killer whale I've ever seen,” said Robert ... Scientists have heard about these distinctive whales ever since a mass ...
3/11/2019
For three days, killer whale ecologist Jared Towers was part of an expedition that searched fruitlessly in the hostile waters around the Antarctic, hoping ...
A new species of killer whale, known as "Type D," may have been discovered off the coast of Chile by researchers working with the National Oceanic ...
3/10/2019
Scientists track Type D killer whales, rarely seen by humans ... “We've got the first-ever sample of Type D killer whale,” Pitman proclaimed a few ...
The AP reported that scientists have obtained a blubber and skin tissue sample from one of the whales in order to determine if the Type D killer whale ...
In January of this year, a team of U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists sighted a pod of rare killer whales (also known as ...
A group of scientists who were on a expedition in the waters off Cape Horn, Chile, got a close look at a type of whale that they have long been ...
Not just one, but several dozen of this new whales species were spotted off the coast of southern Chile. Though the test results have yet to come in, ...
3/8/2019
After over a decade of searching, a team of NOAA marine ecologists spotted a group of Type D killer whales off the southern tip of South America.
Killer whales have had a rough couple years. Last August, we watched Tahlequah, a 20-year-old member of the J Pod of the Southern Resident Killer ...
Earlier this year in January, scientists working off the coast of Chile spotted something exciting and unusual: Whales that didn't look like anything they ...
A whale of a tale come true? Our scientist Jared Towers was part of an international research team led by @NOAAFisheries that may have just ...
Scientists have spotted what may be a new species of killer whale off the ... “Type D killer whales could be the largest undescribed animal left on the ...
For decades there were tales from fishermen and tourists of a mysterious killer whale that did not look like all the others, but experts had never seen ...
3/7/2019
It was more than 60 years ago when a pod of unusual-looking killer whales washed up on a New Zealand beach. With their snubbed noses and pointy ...
They don't look like other killer whales, and they don't eat like them, either, scientists say of the species discovered near South America.
For decades there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even photos, of a mysterious killer whale that did not look like all the others, but scientists ...
An international team of scientists working off the coast of southern Chile spotted a new species of killer whale, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
The whales, called Type D, had become a subject of legend after being observed in the southern hemisphere by fisherman and tourists over the years ...
For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer whale that just didn't look like all the others.
Researchers find a new type of killer whale off Chile that doesn't look quite like the others. WASHINGTON — For decades, there were tales from ...
In the Southern Hemisphere, killer whales are considered all one species, classified in types A through C. This one is called type D or sub-antarctic ...
The mysterious Type D orcas seen off Chile are 'highly likely' to be a new species, according to some researchers; The whales were seen alive by ...
The team of researchers, scientists and oceanographers observed the whales in January off Cape Horn. The whales, called Type D, had become a ...
Scientists say they've found a mysterious type of killer whale, perhaps the largest scientifically undescribed living animal. It lives in parts of the ocean ...
Watch: Scientists find new type of killer whale off Chile ... The type D or subantarctic killer whale has a more rounded head a narrow dorsal fin and a ...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – An international team of researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
WASHINGTON — For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer whale that just didn't look like ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer whale that just didn't look ...
There's something very different about a group of killer whales scientists refer to as "Type D." It will take DNA testing to get to the bottom of this ocean ...
While they looked like killer whales, they were decidedly different. There heads were rounder and sported a tiny white eyepatch, and they had a ...
A scientific team led by a San Diego researcher has identified what could be a new species of killer whale in the storm-tossed waters off southern ...
It's been 14 years since Bob Pitman set out to find an unusual-looking type of killer whale. It had been officially spotted only a few times before. In 1955 ...
A mysterious stranding of the elusive whale 60 years ago and recent photographs prompted scientists to embark on their search. They got a first live ...
Called Type D, the whales were previously known only from a beach stranding more than 60 years ago, fishermen's stories, and tourist photographs.
These orcas, referred to as type D killer whales, were previously known from amateur photographs, fishermen's descriptions, and one mass ...