From sea killer to conservation icon

Share Jean-Pierre Rogel Scientific journalistSCIENCE IN ITS WORDS / "What science has taught us about killer whales over the past 50 years constitutes a total reversal of perspective", remarks [researcher] Thomas Doniol-Valcroze. In the past and until the 1960s, he explains, these marine mammals were feared and hated. They had a reputation as aggressive killers who did not hesitate to attack fallen sailors.