Researchers detail a life full of tragedy and hardship, adding that Ocean Sun should’ve died years ago, but she persevered.

The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths intermingle in a vast web of ecosystems and ...

For a second time, the world watched as Tahlequah, an endangered southern resident killer whale, struggled to keep her dead newborn calf afloat in the Salish Sea. But with Ottawa failing to take ...

Environmental groups are taking federal ministers to court in a push for them to recommend an emergency order to save ...

Lynda V. Mapes, Tribune News Service The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths ...

In 1973, with only about 70 whales left in the population, the practice of capturing orcas for display in aquariums was outlawed, offering some hope for recovery. By 1996, the population was close ...

On August 8, 1970, three young orcas drowned in Penn Cove, amidst a capture attempt. After many instances of losses, orcas stopped coming. Experts believe that whales shared information regarding ...

The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought some bittersweet calf news as well as an exciting update for the community that follows Southern Resident killer whales, also known as orcas.

So beloved, yet endangered, with fewer than 75 orcas at last count ... “We’re using drones now to fly down and capture breath from them and then test it. Because we know a lot are having ...

Their odd behaviour had never been seen before, capturing the interest of researchers who saw it as example of an orca 'fad', as the action appeared to spread from killer whale to killer whale ...

The orca’s act of mourning ... billion years ago in a newly discovered type of collision called a “kiss and capture.” Rather than melting together or ricocheting, Pluto and Charon ...