A second baby orca has been born to the imperiled southern resident killer whales in less than six months. The calf was spotted by John Forde and Jennifer Steven of the Whale Centre, swimming with J Pod off the coast of Tofino, BC, CBC News reported. “We were both really excited to see the calf […]
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were banned in the U.S. in 1978, but their persistence in the world’s oceans is still posing a major threat to killer whales. A study published in Science Friday found that current concentrations of PCBs could lead to the disappearance of half of the world’s killer whale, or orca, populations over the […]
The ailing orca whale J50 was declared “missing and now presumed dead” by the Center for Whale Research Thursday, after a three-day search by the organization in the waters between Washington state and Canada failed to locate her. She would be the third Southern Resident killer whale to die since June, bringing their numbers down […]
Tahlequah—a southern resident killer whale whose heartbreaking story has captured attention around the world—has been carrying her dead calf for more than two weeks now. Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research told The Seattle Times that the mother orca has pushed the carcass for a 17th straight day for more than 1,000 miles […]
She hasn’t let go. An endangered southern resident killer whale known as Tahlequah or J35, has carried her dead calf for an eighth day in a row as of Tuesday, the Seattle Times reported. Researchers scanned the waters all day before the mother orca and her deceased newborn turned up near British Columbia’s Southern Gulf […]
British travel giant Thomas Cook announced over the weekend it will stop offering tickets to animal attractions that keep killer whales in captivity. The new policy means that SeaWorld in Florida and Loro Parque in Tenerife will be removed from the company’s website and brochures, the Telegraph reported. “This was not a decision we took […]
Following the suspected death of an orca whale nicknamed Crewser, the population of southern resident orca whales is the lowest it has been in 34 years, The Seattle Times reported Saturday. The Center for Whale Research (CWR) declared the whale, officially known as L92, “missing and presumed dead” on Friday. L92 had not been seen […]
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order this week to aid the recovery of critically endangered southern resident killer whales and the Chinook salmon they eat. There are only 76 orcas left in Puget Sound, down from 98 in 1995. Their numbers have dipped due to pollution, underwater noise and disturbances from boat traffic, […]
Canada is losing a lot of its wildlife. The World Wildlife Fund’s 2017 Living Planet Report Canada found half the monitored mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and fish species declined from 1970 to 2014. Threatened and endangered species continue to disappear despite federal legislation designed to protect them and help their populations recover. What’s going wrong? […]
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