A new orca calf has been born in the Pacific Northwest, and this baby boasts an impressive family tree. The orca calf belongs to a family of transient killer whales, or “Bigg’s” killer whales, and was ...
One day in June 2022 Chérine Baumgartner, a researcher at the Icelandic Orca Project, was watching from a dinghy as a pod of killer whales fed on herring—when she noticed something very odd about what ...
WASHINGTON — Good news for the orca population on the west coast! The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) announced that a new Bigg’s orca calf has been spotted in the Salish Sea. The calf was ...
An orca calf born to J36, aka Alki, died within the past three days, the Center for Whale Research reported Saturday. A southern resident killer whale from J pod was spotted pushing a dead calf ...
The black and peachy-orange orca calf was seen swimming with, Sedna, a descendant of one of the Budd Inlet Six. Tom Filipovic / Eagle Wing Whale & Wildlife Tours / Pacific Whale Watch Association On a ...
Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the ...
A Bigg’s killer whale calf is seen swimming alongside its mom in the Salish Sea off Washington. Caio Ribeiro Eagle Wing Tours / Pacific Whale Watch Association A killer whale has become a first-time ...