Whether you're watching a mother whale nurse her calf or seeing a pod of orcas slice through the water, whale watching is a must-do marine adventure.

Potential Mitigation Strategies The female killer whale J35 with her newborn calf J61, who died. Photograph: Center for Whale Research. Image via The Guardian. As authorities and researchers confront ...

People view a dead gray whale that washed up on the shoreline of the Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda, Calif., on Monday, April 21, 2025. The whale marks the fourth gray whale to ...

J63 is the fourth Southern Resident killer whale calf born in the last 12 months, preceded by L128 (born in September to L90 “Ballena” but only surviving a few weeks), J61 (J35 “Tahlequah”’s calf who ...

A minke whale that spent the last week swimming in Long Beach Harbor despite efforts by marine wildlife experts to reroute it back to deeper waters died this weekend, officials confirmed.

The female killer whale J35 with her newborn calf J61, who died. Photograph: Center for Whale Research. Image via The Guardian. Tahlequah, a southern resident killer whale also known as J35, has once ...

The stunning power of whale pee A single whale can produce more than 250 gallons of urine in a day. It helps sustain life across the ocean.

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 ...

An endangered southern resident orca calf has been spotted again, and the whale research center is thrilled at the calf's appearance.

In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, carrying it for 17 days and over 1,000 miles.

A 400-pound, 7-foot-long, orange-and-black newborn may have already set the record for Kitsap’s largest baby of the year, but its arrival has coincided with a tragic loss. Whale watchers Hongming ...

Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, raising concerns about her health.