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CWR encounter #43-2 • Js and Ls

By Community|2026-06-28T10:14:21-07:00June 28th, 2026|Comments Off

Center for Whale Research shares a full day with Js and Ls

By Community|2026-06-28T10:06:45-07:00June 28th, 2026|Comments Off

Encounter #42 • Bigg’s killer whales T46Bs + T100s

By Community|2026-06-25T14:36:37-07:00June 27th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Royal Caribbean ship arrives in Alaska with dead endangered fin whale on bow

By News Source|2026-06-27T00:22:13-07:00June 27th, 2026|Comments Off

Surge in oil tanker traffic threatens Salish Sea, Southern Resident Orcas, and shoreline communities

By Community|2026-06-25T16:41:05-07:00June 25th, 2026|6 Comments

Biggs encounter logged by Center for Whale Research

By Community|2026-06-25T14:19:47-07:00June 25th, 2026|Comments Off

Have a garden question? Ask an Orcas Master Gardener

By Community|2026-06-23T13:52:15-07:00June 23rd, 2026|Comments Off

A new calf joins L Pod

By Community|2026-06-18T15:38:00-07:00June 18th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Salmon extinction on the Middle Fork Salmon River in the heart of Idaho

By News Source|2026-06-17T12:36:55-07:00June 17th, 2026|Comments Off

Join Us for Orca Sing 2026

By Community|2026-06-12T13:54:46-07:00June 12th, 2026|Comments Off

Harvesting immature Chinook is shrinking salmon and reducing future returns, new research finds

By News Source|2026-06-14T12:50:37-07:00June 12th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR encounters Bigg’s killer whales and humpbacks

By Community|2026-06-11T10:14:04-07:00June 11th, 2026|Comments Off

While orca and salmon declined, ocean harvests of Puget Sound chinook significantly underestimated for decades

By News Source|2026-06-11T09:24:38-07:00June 11th, 2026|Comments Off

Orca Action Month film series brings free documentary screenings to San Juans

By Community|2026-06-02T14:25:57-07:00June 2nd, 2026|Comments Off

75 life-sized dorsal fins on display for Orca Action Month

By News Source|2026-06-01T13:55:05-07:00June 1st, 2026|Comments Off

CWR logs another Bigg’s encounter

By Community|2026-05-29T16:28:40-07:00May 29th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | 23 Gray whale deaths on Washington shores since March

By News Source|2026-05-28T13:12:33-07:00May 28th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR logs two encounters with Bigg’s

By Community|2026-05-27T12:52:08-07:00May 27th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Eastern North Pacific malnourished gray whales in ‘serious trouble’

By News Source|2026-05-26T13:57:44-07:00May 26th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Southern Resident Killer Whales are running out of time

By News Source|2026-05-23T16:12:37-07:00May 24th, 2026|Comments Off

Encounter #30 • Bigg’s T23s in Haro Strait

By Community|2026-05-12T17:31:13-07:00May 12th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Photographing whales when something you can only see once in a lifetime happens

By News Source|2026-05-12T12:19:02-07:00May 12th, 2026|1 Comment

Happy Mother’s Day to all the matriarchs of the sea

By Community|2026-05-10T11:52:05-07:00May 10th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Nearly $100M to help support endangered salmon runs

By News Source|2026-05-04T08:36:28-07:00May 4th, 2026|Comments Off

Orca whales captured on camera in Deception Pass breathtaking encounter

By Community|2026-05-02T20:27:39-07:00May 1st, 2026|1 Comment

CWR Biggs encounter #2

By Community|2026-04-30T14:56:06-07:00April 30th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR Biggs encounter #1

By Community|2026-04-30T14:50:02-07:00April 30th, 2026|Comments Off

Center for Whale Research encounters J Pod in Haro Strait

By Community|2026-04-26T10:23:01-07:00April 26th, 2026|Comments Off

The Whale Museum announces open house event

By Community|2026-04-23T12:37:09-07:00April 26th, 2026|Comments Off

Center for Whale Research honors L25 with new logo

By Community|2026-04-24T15:37:04-07:00April 26th, 2026|Comments Off

Center for Whale Research celebrates Earth Day and 50 years

By Community|2026-04-24T13:10:21-07:00April 24th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR logs another Biggs encounter

By Community|2026-04-18T11:47:57-07:00April 19th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR logs encounter with Biggs whales

By Community|2026-04-18T11:40:21-07:00April 18th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | A mysterious new pod of killer whales is making waves near Seattle

By News Source|2026-04-17T13:09:58-07:00April 17th, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Proposed blubber detoxification technique for female killer whales

By Community|2026-04-12T14:04:44-07:00April 12th, 2026|4 Comments

News Brief | Seven dead gray whales signal trouble in Washington waters

By News Source|2026-04-09T16:28:51-07:00April 9th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Gray whale, seen 20 miles inland, dies in WA’s Willapa River

By News Source|2026-04-05T12:24:23-07:00April 5th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Study finds isolated killer whale populations depend on social interaction for survival

By News Source|2026-04-05T13:10:13-07:00April 5th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR encounters three families of Bigg’s

By News Source|2026-04-02T18:40:42-07:00April 3rd, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Inside a rare sperm whale birth

By News Source|2026-03-28T15:29:07-07:00March 29th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR logs encounter #18 with J Pod

By Community|2026-03-29T11:24:38-07:00March 29th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR encounters J pod near Spieden Island

By Community|2026-03-26T12:28:31-07:00March 28th, 2026|Comments Off

The Whale Museum opens registration for the 2026 Virtual Gear Up Workshop

By Community|2026-03-24T12:25:22-07:00March 24th, 2026|Comments Off

Orca Action Month plans are underway

By Community|2026-03-23T14:48:41-07:00March 23rd, 2026|Comments Off

CWR logs encounter with inbound J Pod

By Community|2026-03-11T14:43:50-07:00March 11th, 2026|1 Comment

Center for Whale Research is hiring for a new role

By Community|2026-03-04T13:36:27-08:00March 4th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Why orcas don’t kill people

By News Source|2026-02-27T19:20:22-08:00February 28th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Judge orders changes to Columbia and Snake River dam operations

By News Source|2026-02-27T13:28:24-08:00February 27th, 2026|Comments Off

New calf reported in L Pod | Welcome L129

By Community|2026-02-18T13:44:50-08:00February 18th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Marine authorities consider stunning wild orcas to stop yacht attacks

By News Source|2026-02-17T15:38:31-08:00February 17th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR enjoys afternoon with the T69s

By Community|2026-02-15T09:22:44-08:00February 15th, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Orcas are drowning in noise

By News Source|2026-02-10T12:17:02-08:00February 10th, 2026|1 Comment

News Brief | Are killer whales trying to share food with people?

By News Source|2026-02-08T13:33:15-08:00February 8th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR | A sunny encounter with Bigg’s

By Community|2026-01-31T11:43:21-08:00January 31st, 2026|Comments Off

News Brief | Scientists are using drones to sniff out deadly diseases in whales

By News Source|2026-01-27T11:43:36-08:00January 27th, 2026|Comments Off

Two male killer whales encountered in the fog

By Community|2026-01-23T10:11:47-08:00January 23rd, 2026|Comments Off

Action alert for San Juan Islands, Salish Sea

By Community|2026-01-17T12:47:10-08:00January 17th, 2026|3 Comments

CWR Encounter #3 • Bigg’s Killer Whales

By Community|2026-01-14T15:07:23-08:00January 14th, 2026|Comments Off

Federal 12-Month Endangered Species Act finding for Olympic Peninsula steelhead

By News Source|2026-01-13T14:54:03-08:00January 13th, 2026|Comments Off

CWR logs first encounter with K47

By Community|2026-01-10T12:04:13-08:00January 10th, 2026|Comments Off

Center for Whale Research logs first encounter of the new year

By Community|2026-01-08T23:16:39-08:00January 9th, 2026|Comments Off

Checking in with J Pod and J45

By Community|2025-12-18T15:55:23-08:00December 18th, 2025|Comments Off

CWR encounters Rare Bigg’s Sightings

By Community|2025-12-16T12:47:00-08:00December 16th, 2025|Comments Off

K47 | New calf reported in K Pod

By Community|2025-12-13T13:59:16-08:00December 13th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Are killer whales and dolphins helping each other hunt off B.C. coast?

By News Source|2025-12-12T13:15:53-08:00December 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Protect What Makes  Orcas Island  Home: Support the Salish Sea Dome Project

By Community|2025-12-08T16:10:47-08:00December 8th, 2025|Comments Off

CRW logs two encounters with two eco-types

By Community|2025-12-08T15:30:32-08:00December 8th, 2025|Comments Off

‘Counting Orca’ free screening from Center for Whale Research

By Community|2025-12-05T15:52:48-08:00December 5th, 2025|Comments Off

Wild salmon and steelhead in Columbia River Basin are collapsing; endangered orcas that depend on them are starving

By News Source|2025-12-02T13:42:44-08:00December 2nd, 2025|10 Comments

CWR logs two encounters with J Pod

By Community|2025-11-30T13:57:03-08:00November 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Lopez author releases new novel about Southern Resident Killer Whales

By Community|2025-11-29T14:10:45-08:00November 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Encounter with Bigg’s in Puget Sound

By Community|2025-11-28T17:36:02-08:00November 28th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | New fishing closures, and whale deaths raise concerns on B.C.’s coast

By News Source|2025-11-22T15:35:37-08:00November 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Drones are remaking marine mammal research

By News Source|2025-11-21T15:01:46-08:00November 21st, 2025|Comments Off

Center for Whale Research finds all three pods in Puget Sound

By Community|2025-11-18T14:19:18-08:00November 18th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Rare orca superpod comes to Seattle – All 74 of them

By News Source|2025-11-14T14:42:07-08:00November 14th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Dolphins observed wearing sea sponge hats

By Community|2025-11-09T18:15:20-08:00November 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Dire warning for two orcas ‘left for dead’ in abandoned marine park

By News Source|2025-11-01T23:28:44-07:00November 2nd, 2025|1 Comment

Checking in with J Pod | Where is J64?

By Community|2025-11-01T15:26:22-07:00November 1st, 2025|Comments Off

New calf in the Bigg’s population

By Community|2025-10-30T12:16:20-07:00October 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Watch ‘The Snake and the Whale’ free through Sunday – and take action

By Community|2025-11-03T11:48:32-08:00October 29th, 2025|3 Comments

News Brief | Critically endangered North Atlantic right whale making a comeback

By News Source|2025-10-26T14:33:39-07:00October 26th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | New underwater technology could give scientists a direct line to orcas

By News Source|2025-10-24T12:41:56-07:00October 26th, 2025|Comments Off

CWR locates 26 Bigg’s Killer Whales traveling together

By Community|2025-10-23T13:02:15-07:00October 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

New J Pod calf documented

By Community|2025-10-21T12:48:51-07:00October 21st, 2025|4 Comments

The Whale Museum announces virtual global Orca workshop

By Community|2025-10-18T11:36:48-07:00October 18th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Whale with no tail swimming off Washington coast

By News Source|2025-10-15T14:54:39-07:00October 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Orca survey 2025 census update

By Community|2025-10-13T17:28:49-07:00October 14th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | How shipping noise is harming killer whales

By News Source|2025-10-12T13:51:55-07:00October 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Marineland marine park threatening to kill 30 whales

By News Source|2025-10-10T14:41:07-07:00October 10th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Canada’s Marineland ‘threatens to euthanise 30 beluga whales’

By News Source|2025-10-09T15:51:22-07:00October 9th, 2025|Comments Off

CWR encounters T60 brothers in Swanson Channel

By Community|2025-10-08T11:47:17-07:00October 8th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Orcas islander Jas Ikeda remains in an Israeli prison

By News Source|2025-10-06T14:15:12-07:00October 6th, 2025|Comments Off

J36 and J Pod documented off San Juan Island

By Community|2025-10-06T12:23:08-07:00October 6th, 2025|Comments Off

CWR documents fantastic encounter with J Pod

By Community|2025-10-02T11:35:47-07:00October 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Will County Council stand by its proclamation on rights of southern residents?

By Community|2025-09-30T15:48:33-07:00September 30th, 2025|1 Comment

News Brief | Marine experts save sea lion from plastic strap around neck

By News Source|2025-09-30T13:59:36-07:00September 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Center for Whale Research update on J42 and J64

By Community|2025-09-28T13:14:38-07:00September 28th, 2025|Comments Off

Whale Museum announces new Salish Sea Explorer Kit Program

By Community|2025-09-27T12:28:33-07:00September 27th, 2025|Comments Off

Southern residents return to the Salish Sea

By Community|2025-09-24T12:45:25-07:00September 24th, 2025|Comments Off