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...
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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
CAPTURED! Sold to the highest bidder!
In the early 1970s, more than 100 orcas were round-up and held captive in Penn Cove, Washington. Ten of these whales were sold to marine...
Center for Whale Research
- Aug 3, 2021
- 5 min
Will an insightful outreach and education approach help bring back the Southern Resident orcas?
Lots of people have lots of great ideas. But only a few turn their perceptive concepts into reality. The visionary-to-reality folks are...
Mia Lybkaer Kronborg Nielsen
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
New evidence of menopause in Bigg’s Transient killer whales
Menopause has long been a puzzle for scientists. In most animals, it will be favorable for an individual to continue reproduction...
Center for Whale Research
- Jun 29, 2021
- 6 min
Just because it seems impossible doesn’t mean it is.
Fortunately for the endangered Southern Resident orca community (SRKW), their most vocal ally stays focused on what’s possible to save...
Center for Whale Research
- Jun 22, 2021
- 3 min
Science in Action
On June 6, Center for Whale Research (CWR) staff participated in the Orca Salmon Alliance’s Orca Action Month Kick-off Event hosted at...
Dr. Michael Weiss
- Jun 17, 2021
- 3 min
Observing orcas from the air gives a novel look into their social structure
The Southern Resident killer whales are well known for their complex societies, with whales living in family units referred to as...
Dave Ellifrit
- Jun 15, 2021
- 4 min
A mini-Superpod in 1995
This year, the Center for Whale Research (CWR) celebrates 45 years of ORCA SURVEY: documenting and studying the Southern Resident orca...
Center for Whale Research
- Jun 8, 2021
- 4 min
Act in Granny's Memory during Orca Action Month
We've recently spent quite a bit of time reflecting on our five-decade-long ORCA SURVEY research of the Southern Resident killer whales...
Katie Jones
- Mar 15, 2021
- 4 min
This is the story of J6
For many years J pod contained three very iconic males - J1, J3, and J6. J6 was estimated to have been born in 1956 and was already a...
Center for Whale Research
- Feb 11, 2021
- 15 min
Whale Love Stories
We asked CWR Members and supporters to share a short story about a special whale, encounter, or friendship that developed from a shared...
Center for Whale Research
- Dec 3, 2020
- 4 min
The Fundamental Problem with the SRKWs
Comment to the Agenda Item concerning Commercial Whale Watching Public Hearing at the December 3-5, 2020 WDFW Commission Meeting By...