The death of an endangered fin whale was a marine murder mystery. Now, we have a suspect: orcas.

Fri, 12/22/2023 - 11:32

Bite wounds on a fin whale's fin is evidence of a killer whale attack, NOAA says.
NOAA Fisheries/West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network, taken under federal permit 24359.

Orcas strike again!
NOAA investigated the death of an endangered fin whale in California earlier this month.
Bite marks revealed killer whales are the likely culprit.

An endangered fin whale died on a California beach this month — and the orcas would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling marine biologists.