Velma Demeter

New Whale Species 2024 Release Date. In august 2024, schmidt ocean institute unveiled a discovery of around 20 potential new species, all discovered off the coast of the nazca ridge, along western south america. New research reveals full diversity of killer whales as two species come into view on pacific coast.

Researchers believe a group of killer whales observed hunting marine mammals including sperm whales, as well as a sea turtle, in the open ocean off california and oregon. Scientists have discovered a thriving population of omura’s whales—a species that hadn’t even been identified until 2003 and had never before been documented in the wild.