Dead bowheads in Beaufort and Chukchi point to increased killer whale presence in Arctic
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Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States |
There are new signs that killer whales, which are swimming farther north and staying for longer periods of the year in Arctic waters, are increasingly preying on Alaska’s bowhead whales. A newly published study found that 2019, an especially warm year in the region, also seems to have been an especially dangerous year for bowheads.
