The endangered whales visit Cape Cod Bay each year, where researchers count and track them, hoping the species returns from the brink of extinction.

The encounter near the U.S. San Juan Islands east of Victoria showed orca calf J62 swimming alongside other members of J Pod.

The encounter near the U.S. San Juan Islands east of Victoria showed orca calf J62 — earlier confirmed to be a female — ...

Researchers say they’re “cautiously optimistic” about the health of a new southern resident killer whale calf after drone video showed the calf swimming with its pod east of Vancouver Island in late ...

Miller was a natural resource specialist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the science-heavy federal agency that forecasts weather, tsunamis and hurricanes, regulates ...

FILE - Women carry their children on their bicycles as they ride through an intersection near a sporting arena planned to be used during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo on ...

The birth of a healthy female calf is crucial ... especially Chinook salmon. Mother orca Tahlequah, orca J35, shocked the world back in August 2018 by carrying her dead calf, which lived only ...

Why it matters: With fewer than 80 southern resident killer whales left, every birth is crucial — but a female calf brings extra hope for the species' survival. Driving the news: The new calf, known ...

Birth control and "social management" will prevent future orca pregnancies, said spokeswoman Suzanne Pelisson Beasley. SeaWorld has not collected a wild orca in nearly 40 years, and most of its ...