A group of researchers were observing a group of killer whales feeding, when suddenly things took a different turn.

For the first time, the birth of an orca has been caught on camera. The first-of-its-kind event unfolded on November 2, 2025, ...

The Center for Whale Research is closely monitoring future orca encounters after determining that the new calf, J-64, is most ...

BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada — The Center for Whale Research (CWR) confirmed this week that a newborn orca calf, J64, is believed ...

When nearly the entire population of southern resident killer whales were spotted gathered in the Puget Sound, researchers ...

While they will continue to watch for the young orca, researchers have concluded that J64 is likely deceased, based on this latest encounter. According to the Center for Whale Research, the standard ...

But, from the science, we know that two-thirds of pregnancies are lost. Half of all the calves don’t even make it through ...

A mother orca is mourning the loss of her recently deceased calf in a very public manner. On Friday, Sept. 12, a southern resident killer whale identified as J36 was spotted traveling through the ...

Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state has been seen carrying her dead newborn calf in an apparent effort to revive it.Researchers with the Center for Whale Research, SeaDoc Society and ...

SEATTLE — A southern resident killer whale from J pod was spotted Friday pushing a dead calf through the waters of Rosario Strait, a heartbreaking scene that researchers say underscores the fragile ...

Seven minutes into the video, the whales attacked a second juvenile white shark. This one was worked over repeatedly until ...

BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada — The Center for Whale Research (CWR) confirmed this week that a newborn orca calf, J64, is believed to have died just weeks after being first spotted with the endangered ...