The southern resident killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has now lost another calf in what the Center for Whale Research called “devastating” news.

It was the first known encounter involving a large pod of “offshore” killer whales, or orcas, in Monterey Bay since November ...

Researchers spotted Tahlequah the killer whale swimming with her new calf, J61, on Dec. 20. The baby whale died a little over a week later Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE ...

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

Tahlequah is one of 73 endangered Southern Resident orcas, a killer whale population that lives in three pods − J, K an L − along the Salish Sea near British Columbia and Washington State.

Boaters in the region are far more likely to encounter “transient” orcas, which prey on other marine mammals, including gray whales. Offshore killer whales, as their ecotype association ...

The law aims to protect southern resident orcas from noise caused by all boat traffic that could affect their likelihood of hunting prey such as Chinook salmon.

Staffers will keep guests up on how to watch for whales, and every tip is welcome, for while gray whales are indeed some of the largest mammals around, they're moving past our shores in an ...