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The team films something not seen before: an hours-long teaching session between adults and their young. Killer whales are one of only a handful of animals that actively teach their young, and it’s ...

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Specialists examine the orcas founded stranded in San Sebastián Bay in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province (Courtesy of the IMMA Project.) Specialists at the National Scientific and Technical ...

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