Under a new law, Washington boaters must stay 1,000 yards away from southern resident killer whales (SRKW) at all times. The law went into effect on Jan. 1, the same day that many islanders spotted J ...

The southern resident orca population marked the turn of the year with both heartbreak and hope: the death of a newborn calf ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...

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

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.

An orca famous for carrying a dead calf around has once again been spotted with a deceased newborn on her head in Puget Sound, but there's some good news for her endangered southern resident killer ...

In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles. The calf ...

The calf adds to the stressors facing the southern resident orcas, especially Tahlequah, a mother already caring for other young.

A female orca who previously carried her deceased calf, has lost another baby shortly after birth. Scientists expressed ...

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf's corpse along with her for more than two weeks in a ...

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Off Baja California, in Mexico, a killer whale named after an Aztec emperor is leading his pod on routine takedowns of the ...