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Smithsonia Magazine reports a study that may help save killer whales

All killer whales are currently categorized as a single species, but a new study may change that. Researchers suggest in the journal Royal Society Open Science that two populations of killer whales, resident and Bigg’s killer whales, should be recognized as separate species, distinct from both each other and the rest of killer whales.

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