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Orcas are protected under Canada's Marine Mammal Regulations and all but one of the five killer whale populations in the country are now listed under the Species at Risk Act. The Canadian ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte ...

The U.S. Navy’s Orca drone, also known as the Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV), has been in development for years, but will soon be in the hands of sailors as the sea service works to ...

THE “world’s loneliest orca” who has been trapped in a tiny pool for 32 years is experiencing the "worst form of torture", experts claim. A devastating video shows Kshamenk barely able to ...

The footage shows Kodare on her hands and knees as her attacker looms with a cleaver in hand. A pool of blood forms beside her before the man forces her face to the ground. She never gets up.

And for the ninth straight year, she has brought both of those things to Maine children by using her art to benefit the Press Herald Toy Fund. Brushstrokes with Impact is what Castellano-Usery ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still undecided Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...

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This was not the mother’s first time losing a child. In 2018, the endangered orca known as Tahlequah carried the body of her dead calf for at least 17 days, traversing more than 1,000 miles of ...