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

Another of 2024's mysterious plant discoveries made by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, was a species of rattan ...

The Center of Whale Research and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) witnessed the mother carrying her ...

The Center for Whale Research announced the addition of a new calf in J pod along with the news of the recent passing of one ...

A new law went into effect Jan. 1 that extends the buffer zone around endangered Southern Resident killer whales, punishable ...

The new year has brought a mix of emotions to orca researchers who are now celebrating the birth of a new southern resident ...

A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving ...

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

Expanded rules will require boaters to stay at least 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident orcas starting January 1.

Southern resident killer whales face continuing degradation of their habitat by noise, contaminants, and declining quality ...

The new law only applies to Southern Residents – the other two species aren’t endangered – although federal regulations prohibit boats from coming within 200 yards of other killer whales in ...