Research illuminates growing extinction threat for southern resident orcas
Today, there are only 73 southern resident orcas left, fewer than when they were listed for protection, and their risk of ...
Orcas spotted swimming in Seattle’s Elliott Bay
Experts say there’s one distinct thing people should know about these pods. They’re killer Biggs, not the endangered Southern ...
Meet ‘Ocean Sun’, the nearly 100-year-old Southern Resident Orca crowned oldest in the world
Researchers detail a life full of tragedy and hardship, adding that Ocean Sun should’ve died years ago, but she persevered.
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Does that orca have a baby bump? Drones can tell from the air
Orcas, like humans, get baby bumps in the early months of pregnancy and grow larger as the pregnancy advances. Researchers ...
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Southern Resident orcas face uncertain future despite groundbreaking research efforts
“If we had animal trading cards for Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, they would be Southern Resident killer whales,” Gaydos said. So beloved, yet endangered, with fewer than 75 orcas at last coun ...
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‘Resident Orca’ film shows Lummi elders’ quest to bring captured whale home to the Salish Sea
The documentary tells the story of the last southern resident killer whale held in captivity, and the efforts of two Lummi women to bring the orca home to a net pen sanctuary.
Orca advocates beg for solutions as salmon shortage threatens whale population
Orca advocates are begging federal leaders to help keep the Puget Sound’s Southern Residents alive. Advocates say the Federal ...
How we can honor the orca Tahlequah’s grief
The loss of Tahlequah’s new calf (“ Orca Tahlequah’s new baby dies ,” Dec. 31, Climate Lab) and her all-too-familiar grief ...
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Canada sued over delay in protecting endangered killer whales
The petition comes two months after a federal threat assessment concluded that despite interim protection measures, an ...
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Canadian documentary ‘Coextinction’ explains why orcas in the Puget Sound are starving — and the dams that need to come down to feed them
UW students and community members gathered in Kane Hall for a screening of the 2021 documentary Coextinction. WashPIRG hosted ...
Two federal cabinet ministers sued over delay in protecting B.C.’s orcas
The legal action comes after Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault determined the waning population of southern resident killer whales faces imminent threat ...