<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A new kind of killer whale has been spotted by scientists! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A team of experts has analyzed more than 100,000 photographs of killer whales taken off the United States west coast and identified </span><a href="https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/30740" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">a ’new’ group of killer whales</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. The group, known as the outer coast killer whales, spend much of their time traveling along the edge of the continental shelf between central California and Oregon. These animals hunt larger pelagic prey like gray whale calves and elephant seals. Learn more about these mammals here. </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Image credit: Evan Brodsky </em></p>