The endangered whales face multiple threats, from a lack of their primary food, chinook salmon, to underwater noise from ...

The endangered southern resident orcas just got a hopeful boost: researchers confirmed a new calf, J64, born to first-time mom J42. Why it matters: Every birth — and death — carries outsized weight ...

DANA POINT, Calif. -- An amazing and rare sight of a whale birth was caught on camera off the coast of Dana Point. In footage captured from a catamaran operated by Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale ...

Courtesy: SeaDoc Society, Center for Whale Research, and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance under NOAA Permit #26288-01 The orca J pod has been very active in Central Puget Sound waters Friday, and ...

The Center for Whale Research says they were able to confirm that southern resident J36, a member of J Pod, was seen pushing ...

Researchers are celebrating the birth of a new orca calf in the endangered Southern Resident killer whale population — a rare ...

An endangered killer whale named "Tahlequah," which famously carried her dead calf on her head in mourning for 17 days through the Salish Sea off British Columbia in 2018, is a new mother.

An orca calf born to J36, aka Alki, died within the past three days, the Center for Whale Research reported Saturday. Both ...

Whale researchers say that an endangered southern resident killer whale was found pushing a deceased calf in the Rosario ...

DANA POINT, Calif. (KABC) -- Passengers on a whale watching boat off the coast of Dana Point captured a once-in-a-lifetime sighting: a gray whale giving birth! The video was captured by Captain Dave's ...

Orca experts say that the sighting wasn’t just cool—it was ... cheering for a group of endangered mammals that have struggled with deaths and low birth rates. “It means our salmon are doing well,” ...