This is the first time pack-ice killer whale vocalizations have been recorded. Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded ...

If you care about Puget Sound's resident orcas, The Whale Trail's winter gathering is the place to be this Thursday night, Here are updated details: (J pod in Puget Sound. Front to back: J40 [Suttles],

Canadian researchers capture rare video of killer whales and dolphins working together to forage salmon off B.C. coast.

The new orca calf is the first calf to be born into the K pod since 2022, according to the Orca Conservancy.

A new baby orca born to J Pod is a ray of hope for the endangered southern resident killer whales. J63 was spotted by Mark Malleson, field biologist for the Center for Whale Research, on April 6. J Pod was traveling west past Victoria Harbor when Malleson ...

Whale researchers in the Pacific Northwest reported a day of extreme highs and lows on the last day of 2024. On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf, J61 died. Just a week earlier, researchers had proudly announced ...

Members of the J Pod were spotted Tuesday afternoon off Blake Island as we learn that a member of the K Pod has likely died. The news about the missing orca comes from the Center For Whale Research on San Juan Island. Researchers say they last saw the ...

Almost the entire population of southern resident killer whales gathered in central Puget Sound on Sunday, but the newest member of J Pod, a newborn known as J64, was not among them. According to a tally by the nonprofit Orca Behavior Institute, 59 of the ...

Ships moving through a busy channel off Washington state's San Juan Island are slowing down this summer as part of a study to determine whether that can reduce noise and benefit a small, endangered population of killer whales. When the mighty orca breaks ...