Recent Examples on the WebMy colleague Lila Seidman wrote a fascinating piece about new research that argues there are distinct species of orcas, and about an odd story from more than a century ago: how a San Francisco whaler in 1869 described two species of killer whales, only to have his work cast aside.—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 More than 150 years ago, a San Francisco whaler noticed something about killer whales that scientists may be about to formally recognize — at least in name.—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024 New species like bronze whalers and sevengill sharks have moved into False Bay.—David Shiffman, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023 After years of challenging whalers, the activist group Sea Shepherd will spend this season tracking krill fishers.—Bill Weir, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024 They were mostly wiped out by diseases brought by the French in their warships and Americans and Europeans in their whalers.—Peter Heller, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024 Within 12 years, whalers stationed on the island had slaughtered 24,000 humpbacks.—Douglas Main, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024 At the same time, missionaries from New England arrived to convert the Hawaiians to Christianity (and often clashed with drunken whalers).—Rebecca Ellis, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023 Leavitt was known as not only a prominent political and corporate leader, but as a revered whaler and skin boat builder.—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2023
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