A critically endangered killer whale group has welcomed a new calf after it was spotted for the first time near Washington.

Another baby has been born to the Northwest’s endangered orca population. A Center for Whale Research crew spotted the baby, still ruddy from the womb, from a boat near Victoria, British ...

It was then that he saw a newborn calf swimming close to whale J40. The calf is J40’s first known baby and the fourth born into the Southern Resident population in the last year. The new calf ...

The Southern Resident killer whale baby was discovered April 6 in the Salish Sea, the Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post. The pod was swimming past Victoria Harbour, which is on ...