Orca mothers are known from previous research to provide their female offspring with less support than their male offspring, especially after daughters reach adulthood. The team looked at data ...

London. Orca whale mothers sacrifice so much energy parenting and feeding their male offspring that it drastically reduces their chances of raising another calf again, a new study has found.

02/10/2023 February 10, 2023. A specific species of male orca whales live in a state of perpetual adolescence, to everyone's potential detriment.

London. Orca whale mothers sacrifice so much energy parenting and feeding their male offspring that it drastically reduces their chances of raising another calf again, a new study has found.