A rare moment of hope for the endangered southern resident killer whales off Vancouver Island has turned to heartbreak.

A new orca calf has been born in J Pod. The baby cetacean, called J64, is part of the Southern Resident Killer Whale ...

Courtesy: SeaDoc Society, Center for Whale Research, and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance under NOAA Permit #26288-01 The orca J pod has been very active in Central Puget Sound waters Friday, and ...

DANA POINT, Calif. -- An amazing and rare sight of a whale birth was caught on camera off the coast of Dana Point. In footage captured from a catamaran operated by Captain Dave's Dolphin and Whale ...

DANA POINT, Calif. (KABC) -- Passengers on a whale watching boat off the coast of Dana Point captured a once-in-a-lifetime sighting: a gray whale giving birth! The video was captured by Captain Dave's ...

The new baby, J64, arrived about a week after another calf in the pod was spotted dead in September. Researchers say only about half of the species' calves make it through their first year of life.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - There's one last orca birth to come at SeaWorld, and it will probably be the last chance for research biologist Dawn Noren to study up close how female killer whales pass toxins ...

Kayleigh Nicole Grant, a pro ocean diver, detailed a very close encounter with orca whales, deeming it "some of the best 30 seconds" of her life in the ocean Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of ...

The orca whale that made headlines in July 2018 for carrying her dead calf 1,000 miles is a mother again. Researches at the Center for Whale Research announced that Tahlequah, also known as J-35, gave ...

Apparently even whales enjoy horsing around. The reason orca whales have been attacking European ships recently isn’t due to targeted violence, but rather that the enormous mammals consider it a form ...