Witness in the ocean, 12 killer whales surrounded a baby whale, and what happened next left scientists and marine biologists speechless. This dramatic event, observed in the wild, was unlike anything ...

One day in June 2022 Chérine Baumgartner, a researcher at the Icelandic Orca Project, was watching from a dinghy as a pod of killer whales fed on herring—when she noticed something very odd ...

J62 is the latest calf born to the endangered southern resident killer whales. This healthy baby girl is sticking close to J pod, which needs more females to help boost its population.

The orca who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving recently gave birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss, research director of the Center for Whale Research.

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.

The bereaved whale mother who made headlines when she heartbreakingly grieved her dead baby for more than two weeks has given birth to a new calf, scientists said. The mama orca, named J35 by ...

A young female orca calf recently spotted by the CWR has now been confirmed to be the offspring of a whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018.

After the orca had her calf die in 2018, she carried her baby’s body on her back for an unprecedented 17 days and over 1,000 miles, garnering international attention and highlighting the complex ...

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 ...

The orca who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving recently gave birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss, research director of the Center for Whale Research.