A new calf has been reported in the endangered southern resident killer whale population. The tiny orca was spotted with L90 ...

A new calf has been reported in the endangered southern resident killer whale population. The tiny orca was spotted with L90 ...

The mom and baby Southern Resident killer whales were first seen Sunday, Sept. 15, off Sooke on Vancouver Island, British ...

The Salish Sea is too noisy for the critically endangered southern resident orcas to hunt successfully, according to a new study led by the University of Washington. In the study published this ...

Starting in January, all boats will be required to stay at least 1,000 feet away from any endangered orcas in Washington waters. “Circumstances are changing almost as quickly as the science can ...

Establishing separate species could raise awareness of specific orca populations such as southern resident killer whales—which are critically endangered yet still fall under the species-wide ...

one that seemingly included lots of inbreeding. Analyzing a whole-genome sequence extracted from part of the root of one of Thorin's molars, researchers led by Ludovic Slimak from Toulouse ...

But with binoculars trained on the horizon, the boat’s captain is on the lookout for something potentially far more unsettling: orcas ... List” of critically endangered species.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Saturday he is being investigated over a decades-old story that he decapitated a dead whale and transported its skull across state lines. Kennedy made the admission ...

Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday he is being investigated for collecting a whale specimen. "I received a letter from the National Marine Fisheries ...