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

An orca famous for carrying a dead calf around has once again been spotted with a deceased newborn on her head in Puget Sound ...

Hanson added, "To be back in that same position again, it's just truly traumatic for all of us, including the whale." While other killer whales have been observed exhibiting similar grieving ...

A new Washington law requires boats to stay at least 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident killer whales. Center for Whale Research Washington state boaters now need to stay 1,000 yards away ...

About 50% of orca babies die within a year. The population of southern resident killer whales has struggled for decades, with only 73 remaining, according to experts. NOAA/NMFS NOAA News / USA ...

This loss, researchers describe as ‘devastating’ for the already struggling population, which has dropped to an alarming number of 73 A recent federal assessment confirmed by the Centre for Whale ...

A bereaved female killer whale who carried her dead ... The Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said the endangered orca named Tahlequah, also known as J35, was spotted carrying ...

The population of southern resident killer whales — three pods of fish-eating orcas that frequent the waters between Washington state and British Columbia — has struggled for decades ...

Tahlequah is one of 73 endangered Southern Resident orcas, a killer whale population that lives in three pods − J, K an L − along the Salish Sea near British Columbia and Washington State.

Orca is a chronicle of de-demonisation. The thesis is simple: between the early 1960s and now, killer whales have been rehabilitated in the public gaze. They are rigorously protected. They have become ...