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Near Portugal, Orcas sink a sailboat and ram another on the same morning

By News Source|2022-08-13T15:10:30-07:00August 14th, 2022|Comments Off

Rare white orca from California spotted taking a big family trip to B.C.

By Community|2022-08-13T15:34:28-07:00August 13th, 2022|Comments Off

Bombshell court victory: Chinook harvest harms Southern Resident Killer Whales and wild chinook recovery

By News Source|2022-08-10T14:38:41-07:00August 10th, 2022|1 Comment

There are undercurrents at play in the Columbia River dams debate

By Community|2022-08-08T16:56:25-07:00August 9th, 2022|1 Comment

Glimmers: Some hope for a solution for Northwest dams?

By Community|2022-07-22T17:38:37-07:00July 22nd, 2022|Comments Off

It’s World Orca Day – A celebration of the species

By Community|2022-07-14T12:41:25-07:00July 14th, 2022|Comments Off

It’s official: CWR visits, photographs K Pod’s new baby

By Community|2022-07-11T16:22:08-07:00July 10th, 2022|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Open letter on breaching Snake River dams

By Community|2022-07-06T13:37:35-07:00July 6th, 2022|1 Comment

Great White Sharks are being scared from their habitat by just two predators

By News Source|2022-07-05T13:52:31-07:00July 5th, 2022|2 Comments

The Whale Museum is looking for volunteers

By Community|2022-06-29T13:32:41-07:00June 29th, 2022|Comments Off

CWR encounters transient whale activity in Presidents Channel

By Community|2022-06-22T14:37:52-07:00June 22nd, 2022|1 Comment

CWR captures amazing drone video of orca pod

By Community|2022-06-19T13:31:43-07:00June 19th, 2022|Comments Off

Bowhead whales that washed up in Nunavut in 2020 were likely killed by orcas

By News Source|2022-06-18T19:12:23-07:00June 19th, 2022|Comments Off

Larsen secures key wins for NW Washington’s maritime infrastructure in bipartisan Water Resources Development Act

By News Source|2022-06-09T12:42:38-07:00June 9th, 2022|Comments Off

CWR captured some awesome images in latest JPod encounter

By Community|2022-05-31T14:53:00-07:00May 31st, 2022|2 Comments

Sick killer whale stranded in France’s Seine River dies after failed rescue

By News Source|2022-05-31T14:54:04-07:00May 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Newest J Pod calf is a female

By Community|2022-05-27T11:59:26-07:00May 27th, 2022|1 Comment

Washington launches new website to track recovery efforts for orca population

By Community|2022-05-18T14:25:02-07:00May 18th, 2022|Comments Off

CWR shares some incredible drone footage of our orca

By Community|2022-05-16T12:00:33-07:00May 16th, 2022|Comments Off

SMRU Consulting receives this year’s Finnie Award for stewardship

By Community|2022-05-13T13:10:41-07:00May 14th, 2022|Comments Off

OWC Environmental Action Team calls for breach of four Snake River dams

By Community|2022-05-10T13:01:37-07:00May 10th, 2022|1 Comment

Video shows a new calf in K Pod off Oregon coast, its first calf in more than a decade

By News Source|2022-05-04T20:16:04-07:00May 5th, 2022|Comments Off

The Whale Museum to hold open house for prospective volunteers

By Community|2022-04-21T13:54:59-07:00April 22nd, 2022|Comments Off

Long Live the Kings hatchery receives Robin DiGeorgio Endowment Fund grant from Madrona Club

By Community|2022-04-15T15:03:01-07:00April 16th, 2022|Comments Off

Canada ignored warnings of virus infecting farmed and wild salmon

By News Source|2022-04-14T15:46:21-07:00April 14th, 2022|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | Because we want wild salmon and orca, it’s time to tell OPALCO to support Snake River dam removal

By Community|2022-03-21T12:36:47-07:00March 21st, 2022|15 Comments

Friends of the San Juans scores a win for orca protection

By Community|2022-03-15T13:20:06-07:00March 15th, 2022|2 Comments

Latest CWR encounter included the newest addition to J Pod (J59)

By Community|2022-03-08T11:18:23-08:00March 8th, 2022|Comments Off

Center for Whale Research announces J Pod has a new calf

By Community|2022-03-04T10:51:22-08:00March 2nd, 2022|3 Comments

Lolita the orca may be moving, Miami-Dade mayor says

By News Source|2022-02-28T20:52:31-08:00March 1st, 2022|4 Comments

Peter Fromm to talk about his latest book at Orcas Library

By Community|2022-02-26T14:28:16-08:00February 26th, 2022|Comments Off

A man’s quest to stop the decline of orcas

By News Source|2022-02-20T12:31:49-08:00February 20th, 2022|1 Comment

Three separate attacks are the first confirmed blue whale deaths by killer whales

By News Source|2022-01-29T16:17:54-08:00January 29th, 2022|1 Comment

Int’l. Year of the Salmon announces official launch of 2022 Pan-Pacific expedition

By News Source|2022-01-26T12:14:47-08:00January 26th, 2022|2 Comments

Endangered coho salmon spotted returning to CA spawning grounds after well-timed precipitation

By News Source|2022-01-22T15:07:46-08:00January 23rd, 2022|Comments Off

CWR encounter #2 for 2022 | J Pod in Swanson Channel

By Community|2022-01-17T13:54:24-08:00January 18th, 2022|Comments Off

Lopezian author’s new novel featuring orca now available

By Community|2022-01-17T13:16:01-08:00January 17th, 2022|1 Comment

2021 was a record year for orca and humpback sightings in Salish Sea

By News Source|2022-01-12T18:35:00-08:00January 13th, 2022|Comments Off

Upcoming Meeting of the Minds presenter will compare orca, Bigg’s behavior

By Community|2022-01-12T13:55:42-08:00January 12th, 2022|Comments Off

Alaska harvests millions of Canadian salmon while Canadian fishermen tied to the dock

By News Source|2022-01-11T13:14:28-08:00January 11th, 2022|2 Comments

CWR logs first Orca pod sighting of 2022

By Community|2022-01-10T16:33:21-08:00January 10th, 2022|1 Comment

5-year study: West Coast orca population falls to lowest level in almost 50 years

By News Source|2022-01-07T20:12:03-08:00January 8th, 2022|Comments Off

County issues request for salmon recovery project proposals

By Community|2022-01-06T14:05:03-08:00January 6th, 2022|Comments Off

A second court rejects Cooke Aquaculture’s challenge over termination of Port Angeles net pen lease

By News Source|2021-12-17T20:03:37-08:00December 19th, 2021|1 Comment

So, how is the Elwha River salmon recovery doing?

By Community|2021-12-15T14:08:56-08:00December 16th, 2021|6 Comments

Vigil calls for more urgency to save endangered salmon, orca

By News Source|2021-11-26T16:51:53-08:00November 27th, 2021|Comments Off

Updated Salish Sea vessel traffic projections released

By Community|2021-11-19T14:23:35-08:00November 19th, 2021|Comments Off

Bipartisan legislation introduced to protect Southern Resident Killer Whales, marine mammals

By Community|2021-11-17T16:33:55-08:00November 17th, 2021|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | Cargo-ship fiasco underscores growing risk in Salish Sea

By Community|2021-11-11T13:29:35-08:00November 12th, 2021|4 Comments

Congress proposes catastrophic investment in Northwest hatcheries, undermining wild salmon recovery

By News Source|2021-11-01T20:48:35-07:00November 2nd, 2021|3 Comments

Experts file court documents supporting a court-ordered immediate breach of Lower Snake River dams

By News Source|2021-10-26T12:31:58-07:00October 26th, 2021|4 Comments

Inslee and Murray on establishing solutions for salmon recovery in Columbia River Basin

By Community|2021-10-22T10:35:46-07:00October 23rd, 2021|Comments Off

Seasonal changes bring extra challenges to Southern Resident Killer Whales

By News Source|2021-10-15T15:55:00-07:00October 17th, 2021|1 Comment

Conservation groups challenge Washington’s artificial “fix” to SRKW and salmon recovery

By News Source|2021-10-14T12:18:57-07:00October 14th, 2021|Comments Off

Big day planned by Whale Museum in November for virtual ‘Gear Down’ workshop

By Community|2021-10-12T20:35:54-07:00October 13th, 2021|Comments Off

No, no, no. No new type of killer whale has been discovered. Nope.

By News Source|2021-10-12T12:19:30-07:00October 12th, 2021|Comments Off

Transport Canada issues warnings, fines to boat owners violating orca-distance rules

By News Source|2021-10-10T11:30:15-07:00October 11th, 2021|Comments Off

Announcing San Juan Islands Orca Recovery Day 2021

By Community|2021-10-07T15:04:59-07:00October 8th, 2021|Comments Off

Only 73 SRKWs are left, but three of them appear to be pregnant

By News Source|2021-09-24T11:20:07-07:00September 23rd, 2021|Comments Off

CWR reports that SRKW L47 is missing, presumed dead

By Community|2021-09-20T19:47:16-07:00September 21st, 2021|Comments Off

Disturbing new video of self-harm emerges of Marineland’s orca, Kiska

By News Source|2021-09-10T12:35:53-07:00September 12th, 2021|Comments Off

Center for Whale Research encounters J Pod out in Boundary Pass

By Community|2021-09-08T14:53:35-07:00September 8th, 2021|Comments Off

What’s the deal with Orca and peanut head?

By Community|2021-08-25T14:48:53-07:00August 29th, 2021|Comments Off

Boaters, you play critical role in protecting endangered whales

By Community|2021-08-25T12:46:59-07:00August 26th, 2021|Comments Off

Sea World 6-year old orca, Amaya, dies suddenly

By News Source|2021-08-20T17:15:37-07:00August 22nd, 2021|Comments Off

A look back to when captured Orca were sold to the highest bidder

By Community|2021-08-21T12:46:20-07:00August 22nd, 2021|Comments Off

Conservation groups call for removal of lower Snake River Dams to save salmon, orca

By News Source|2021-08-07T21:22:52-07:00August 9th, 2021|Comments Off

Washington tribe calls on Seattle City Light to remove the Gorge Dam

By News Source|2021-08-06T16:50:36-07:00August 8th, 2021|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Whales!

By Jackie Bates|2021-08-07T10:50:24-07:00August 7th, 2021|3 Comments

K21 – Although gravely-ill, Southern Resident killer whale death is not confirmed …

By Community|2021-08-06T14:09:01-07:00August 6th, 2021|1 Comment

Inslee statement on suspected death of Southern Resident orca K-21

By News Source|2021-08-05T16:48:56-07:00August 5th, 2021|1 Comment

Will an insightful outreach and education approach help bring back the Southern Resident orcas?

By Community|2021-08-03T22:56:22-07:00August 4th, 2021|Comments Off

SeaDoc Society to hold virtual ‘Bottoms Up’ event Sept. 9. Register now.

By Community|2021-08-02T14:09:06-07:00August 2nd, 2021|Comments Off

‘Very saddened’: Toa, the orphaned baby orca that enthralled New Zealand, is buried

By News Source|2021-07-25T22:27:30-07:00July 26th, 2021|Comments Off

New evidence of menopause in Bigg’s Transient killer whales

By Community|2021-07-23T11:10:04-07:00July 24th, 2021|Comments Off

Calls mount for Marineland to free last surviving orca after ‘heartbreaking’ video surfaces

By News Source|2021-07-21T21:09:50-07:00July 22nd, 2021|Comments Off

Orca echolocation ability is upcoming topic at Library

By Community|2021-07-19T12:12:35-07:00July 19th, 2021|Comments Off

Richard Donner honored by PETA for producing Free Willy

By News Source|2021-07-07T19:30:48-07:00July 8th, 2021|Comments Off

CWR encounters K Pod in Rosario Strait/Haro Strait

By Community|2021-07-04T17:32:32-07:00July 5th, 2021|Comments Off

Use the Whale Warning Flag to protect both whales and boaters

By Community|2021-06-25T17:41:40-07:00June 27th, 2021|Comments Off

This week’s orca survey blog looks back at legendary superpod encounter from 1976

By Community|2021-06-23T14:26:17-07:00June 23rd, 2021|Comments Off

Find your totem… What Southern Resident Orca arrived in the San Juans the same year you did?

By News Source|2021-06-21T10:34:10-07:00June 21st, 2021|Comments Off

CWR revisits a mini-superpod encounter with J pod and L12s from June of 1995

By Community|2021-06-17T16:00:50-07:00June 20th, 2021|Comments Off

Observing orca from the air gives a novel look into their social structure

By Community|2021-06-17T16:28:35-07:00June 19th, 2021|Comments Off

Act in Granny’s memory on World Oceans Day and during Orca Action Month

By Community|2021-06-08T11:20:32-07:00June 8th, 2021|Comments Off

Boaters encouraged to ‘Be Whale Wise’ for Orca Action Month

By News Source|2021-06-07T11:36:08-07:00June 7th, 2021|Comments Off

We’re changing the habitat for our orca and salmon — and not for the better

By News Source|2021-05-30T13:39:15-07:00May 31st, 2021|2 Comments

Boaters encouraged to ‘Be Whale Wise’ for Orca Action Month

By Community|2021-05-27T15:25:19-07:00May 28th, 2021|Comments Off

Bipartisan, bicameral legislation introduced in Congress to protect Washington orca and other marine mammals

By News Source|2021-05-18T10:58:19-07:00May 18th, 2021|Comments Off

Registration now open for Whale Museum’s marine naturalist training

By Community|2021-05-12T11:24:04-07:00May 12th, 2021|Comments Off

The Snake River in the Pacific Northwest is the nation’s ‘most endangered river’ of 2021

By News Source|2021-04-14T12:07:53-07:00April 15th, 2021|Comments Off

Witnessed, recorded: More than 50 Orca hunted, killed blue whale off Australian coast

By News Source|2021-04-13T22:14:16-07:00April 14th, 2021|Comments Off

Friends of San Juans achieves victory for southern resident orca in court

By Community|2021-04-12T11:30:55-07:00April 12th, 2021|1 Comment

New podcast examines endangered southern resident killer whales

By Community|2021-04-06T10:41:47-07:00April 6th, 2021|1 Comment

Huge dam demolition could save salmon on the edge of extinction

By News Source|2021-04-06T11:54:36-07:00April 6th, 2021|Comments Off

Studies shed light on why dams matter to salmon and orca

By News Source|2021-03-31T20:45:06-07:00April 1st, 2021|Comments Off

Center for Whale Research | This is the story of Ralph (J6)

By Community|2021-03-25T12:58:31-07:00March 25th, 2021|Comments Off

Oregon State University studied why people might support or reject orca conservation efforts

By News Source|2021-03-16T13:04:08-07:00March 16th, 2021|Comments Off

In recent encounter, Center for Whale Research confirms J58 is a girl

By Community|2021-03-09T12:28:20-08:00March 9th, 2021|Comments Off

Can a conservative Idaho Republican bring sockeyes back to the Salmon River?

By News Source|2021-02-27T13:04:04-08:00February 28th, 2021|1 Comment