On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf, J61 died. Just a week earlier, researchers had proudly announced this new member of J pod, delivered by J35, Tahlequah.

The entire team at the Center for Whale Research is deeply saddened by this news and we will continue to provide updates when ...

Tahlequah, an orca that carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles in 2018, lost another calf recently and ...

A southern resident orca is once again carrying her deceased baby's body through the water. Researchers are concerned about the future of this orca mother and her species.

Washington state boaters now need to stay 1,000 yards away from any Southern Resident killer whales, after new rules went into effect at the start of the year. But just how far is 1,000 yards? There ...

The southern resident killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has now lost another calf in what the Center for Whale Research called “devastating” news.

Orca researchers hope the Southern Resident population can grow to 80 to 90 whales in the next 50 years, which experts say will help them breathe a sigh of relief.

Tahlequah, an orca whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is grieving another loss. On Jan. 3, researchers ...

A female endangered Pacific Northwest orca who made global headlines seven years ago when she carried her dead calf for over a fortnight is doing so once again with her new deceased calf.

The creation of Canada’s newest territory on April 1, 1999, was part of a historic land claim settlement. It was also the first major change to the country’s map since Newfoundland and Labrador joined ...

The killer whale that carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks for 1,000 miles in 2018 has a new baby, ...

Most shipping paths cross whale habitats, a recent analysis concluded, making ship collisions a “major threat” to the world’s whales. The study, published in Science last month, conducted a ...