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News Updates Archives 2011 12/12/11 Elephant Seal Travels 'Awe-Inspiring' 18,000 Miles In 11 Months 11/29/11 Killer Whale washes up on Marin Beach 11/16/11 Baby orca found dead on beach: 'This is a very valuable specimen' 10/27/11 Killer Whales treat skin with a tropical vacation 9/6/11 Killer whales found feasting on sharks off B.C. coast 9/1/11 What is killing killer whales? 8/28/11 L-90 Possibly Involved in Boat Strike 7/21/11 New worry for orcas in Puget Sound: inbreeding 7/8/11 Study: Gray Whales Likely Survived The Ice Ages By Changing Their Diets, 'Employing Generalist Filter-Feeding Mode' 6/6/11 Killer whale tracked making incredible journey from Arctic to Azores 5/24/11 Pregnant hybrid porpoise strands 5/18/11 Marine Mammal Program Wins Prestigious Award 4/21/11 Do humpback whales use the stars to navigate? Scientists baffled by stunning accuracy of 10,000-mile migrations 4/8/11 Vessel Regulations to Protect Puget Sound Killer Whales 3/30/11 Local team reveals the secret life of killer whales 3/1/11 A Gallon of Garbage Found in Belly of Dead Whale in Seattle 2/13/11 Fish-eating (Resident) Killer Whales Sighted in Monterey Bay on Feb. 10, 2011 2/3/11 Canada, U.S. may restrict chinook salmon harvest to benefit killer whales
1/30/11 New Hybrid Whale Discovered in Arctic
1/24/11 Killer whales return to cache of food days after kill 1/20/11 Orcas off B.C.’s coast love the taste of shark 2010 12/31/10 Save the orcas: Regulate whale watching 11/18/10 Researchers find that beached dolphins are often deaf 10/24/10 Southern Resident Orcas And Harbor Porpoises; They Just Don't Speak The Same Language 10/16/10 Record As Humpback Whale Swims A Quarter Of The World In Search For Mate 9/11/10 Dead Calf Spotted with Racer, L-72 8/31/10 Hundreds of dolphins make themselves at home in waters of southwest B.C. 8/24/10 The Center For Whale Research 2010 Census Results 7/26/10 Whale 'sense of smell' revealed 7/13/10 Orcas seen attacking gray whale near Everett 6/30/10 The Grandmother Factor: Why do only humans and whales live long past menopause? 1/8/2010 Two killer whale types found in UK waters 1/3/2010 Boats and whales: Give orcas the right-of-way 2009 12/11/09 Have you ever seen a gray killer whale? 10/30/09 State board OKs Bellingham man's 'Salish Sea' proposal 10/21/09 The Samish Indian Nation Names New Calf J-45 7/30/09 Use of Sonar That Spooked Orcas to Be Limited in Sound, Navy Says 5/24/09 Ocean Life In Olden Days: Researchers Upend Modern Notions Of 'Natural' Animal Sizes, Abundance 5/5/09 The Whale Museum wins "Best Museum" award 4/9/09 SONAR Recorded off of San Juan Island 1/23/09 Southern resident orcas must yell above the din 1/16/09 Study Sheds Light on Toxics in Puget Sound Orcas 2008 10/27/08 Are the orcas starving? 8/11/08 K-7, oldest of Southern Resident orcas, believed dead 8/6/08 "New" Killer Whale Types at Risk From Antarctic Warming 8/4/08 Stranded killer whale calf found on Henry Island 7/10/08 Salmon on the Columbia: See you in court 6/12/08 Washington State NEW Vessel Regulations in Effect 3/28/08 Bill signed: Protecting orca whales from vessel impacts
3/06/08 White Killer Whale Spotted Near Aleutian Islands
2/11/08 Killer whales loaded with fire retardant
1/29/08 Puget Sound Orcas Feeding in California - Again
1/25/08 Free Lolita! A Whale Story 1/25/08 Cost to Save Orcas Starts at $50 Million 1/24/08 NOAA Releases Orca Recovery Plan 1/1/08 The plastic killing fields 2007 12/20/07 Scientists track down the whale’s walking ancestor 11/21/07 Orca Researchers Call For Removal of Snake River Dams 11/07/07 Dwarf Killer Whale Species Discovered in Antarctica? (PDF paper at end of article) 11/01/07 Notes From NOAA / SeaDoc Society's Killer Whale / Oil Spill Workshop Posted as PDF 10/26/07 Evidence of Walrus Living in Washington Area During the Pleistocene Era 10/11/07 Study: Toxic Chemical Levels Higher in Young Orcas 08/21/07 Oil Spill Threatens Killer Whale Habitat 6/19/07 Turning Guidelines Into Law is an Orca of a Problem 6/15/07 Young Whale's Tale is Story of Success 6/6/07 June Proclaimed "Orca Awareness Month" by Governor Gregoire 5/16/07 San Juan County Targets Boaters Harassing Orcas 5/5/07 Plight of the Stinky Whale 4/20/07 UW Researcher Using Narwhals to Study Climate Change 4/14/07 Alaska's Killer Whales Chow Down 4/6/07 Whales' Journey Into Record Books 3/14/07 Flame Retardant Growing Threat to Killer Whales 2/18/07 Rise in Killer Whales Sightings Linked to Melting Ice 2/6/07 Sound Study Explores Orca Behavior 2006 12/22/06 Puget Sound Orcas Remain an Endangered Species 9/9/06 For Pods of Whales, Celebrity Status and Now a Lawsuit 8/12/06 Killer Whales Have Own 'Caller ID' 8/6/06 Scientists Seek Buried Orcas on Whidbey Island 7/20/06 Operation Orca 7/14/06 Rare Whales Can Live to Nearly 200, Eye Tissue Reveals 4/21/06 After Decades of Fear and Hostility, are we Loving Them to Death? 4/14/06 The Missing Minke 4/6/06 Chemicals Tainting Orcas' Dinner 3/24/06 Lawsuit Challenges Protection of Orcas 2/23/06 Tons of Trouble 2005 12/14/05 Efforts to Protect Orcas May Have Wide Impact 12/12/05 Arctic Orcas Highly Contaminated 12/2/05 Researcher Headed to Antarctica Seeking New Species of Killer Whale 11/27/05 The Cry of the Dolphin 10/6/05 957 Species at Risk in Puget Sound Area 9/16/05 Secrets Of The Whale Riders: Crablike 'Whale Lice' Show How Endangered Cetaceans Evolved 7/12/05 J Pod's Interactions With Harbor Porpoise End in Death 4/25/05 See New Document on Southern Resident Killer Whale Diving Behavior 4/7/05 The Orca is Now the Official Marine Mammal of Washington 3/18/05 Federal Report Claims Navy Sonar Didn't Harm Southern Residents 2004 4/30/04 Southern Residents Increasing Length of Calls When Boat Noise Present 4/5/04 WDFW Approves Listing Southern Resident Orcas as Endangered 1/30/04 San Juan County Adopted as Marine Stewardship Area 2003 12/14/03 Keiko Dies of Acute Pneumonia 11/25/03 New Species of Whale Potentially Identified 11/13/03 Wider Use of Navy's Sonar Approved by House 10/14/03 Navy to Limit its Use of Sonar 5/20/03 Historical Information on Porpoise Strandings in San Juan County Relative to the May 5th Navy Sonar Incident 5/13/03 Could Sonar Testing be Hurting Porpoises? TV Reporters Talk to Our Stranding Network 2002 11/15/02 Carcass of Fin Whale Sunk in San Juans 11/7/02 Fin Whale Necropsy Completed Last Night 5/7/02: Dead Orca May Have Had Highest Level of Contaminants Ever Found 2000 10/12/00: The Whale Museum in National News 9/11/00: First Time in 25 Years Northern Residents Seen in San Juans! 2/4/00 Report: K and L Pods Show Up in Monterey! 1999 10/99 Report: Pacific Northwest Orca Population Declining xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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