Blow by Blow
A step-by-step account of a CWR orca encounter Have you ever wondered what it’s like to spend time on the water with orcas? Where it’s...
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Center for Whale Research
- Nov 26, 2022
- 7 min
Every Card Gives Back
Lodie Gilbert’s commitment to helping the Southern Resident orcas is always on full display. Wherever you turn on San Juan Island, she’s...
Dr. Michael Weiss
- Aug 23, 2022
- 6 min
Why ORCA RESEARCH matters
The Center for Whale Research’s new Research Director, Dr. Michael Weiss, explains why the ongoing study of Salish Sea orcas is...
Florian Graner/Sealife Productions
- Dec 13, 2021
- 8 min
Here come the Kings!
The following story is a transcribed version of Sealife Productions’ Florian Graner’s new twelve-minute video Elwha River Salmon...
Center for Whale Research
- Oct 21, 2021
- 5 min
A bird’s-eye view of orcas! How, when, and why?
In the following Q & A with CWR’s Dr. Michael Weiss, we learn what it’s like to fly a drone over top of whales and the new knowledge...
Dr. Michael Weiss
- Aug 18, 2021
- 4 min
Killer whale “peanut head”
What is it, when does it happen, and what are the causes? Several weeks ago, K21, the oldest male killer whale (orca) in the Southern...
Center for Whale Research
- Aug 13, 2021
- 11 min