Just before the end of the year, Southern Resident killer whales welcomed a new addition to their struggling population.

That was the word last night from two of the researchers who have seen the calf up close, Mark Sears and Maya Sears, the West ...

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 ...

The sighting of a baby killer whale in British Columbia has given researchers a sign of hope for the endangered species. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, April 8, the Center for Whale Research announced ...

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them.

Like corn kernels in slowly heating oil, the orca sightings began sparse and unpredictable. But at some imperceptible moment, ...

The deaths of two young orcas in the Pacific Northwest have galvanized Washington state to do more to protect the whales' dwindling population, NBC News reported. First, a mother orca known as J35 ...

A peachy orange baby killer whale was spotted bouncing and rolling in waters off Washington, a nonprofit said. A pod of the endangered Southern Resident killer whales were photographed Feb. 8 off San ...

A critically endangered killer whale group has welcomed a new calf after it was spotted for the first time near Washington. The Southern Resident killer whale baby was discovered April 6 in the Salish ...

The baby killer whale is the fourth born into the Southern Resident killer whale population in the past 12 months The sighting of a baby killer whale in British Columbia has given researchers a sign ...