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 ...

A baby orca is likely dead after it went missing from its group of endangered killer whales, about a month after it was born, Washington researchers said. But this disappearance doesn’t come as a ...

The Northwest orca population has been going through a baby boom, with seven calves born in just the last year. It’s more than we’ve seen in decades. To understand why this is a near-miracle for the ...

What might be the world’s most famous orca has given birth again. Orca J35 made world headlines in 2018 when she carried her dead baby on her nose for 17 days. Her apparent 1,000-mile tour of grief ...