Toki will always be remembered
The loss of Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut (Tokitae/Toki) this past week has brought great sadness to all who know, love, and care for this...
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Center for Whale Research
- Aug 4
- 4 min
Post-reproductive mothers reduce socially inflicted injuries in their sons
Recently the Center for Whale Research (CWR) published an exciting new paper about rake marks on killer whales, particularly males, and...
Lodie Gilbert Budwill
- Jul 10
- 4 min
“One of the best days of my life!”
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY: The Center for Whale Research’s (CWR) Lodie Gilbert Budwill spent the better part of July 11, 2022, aboard the CWR...
Dr. Michael Weiss
- Jun 22
- 5 min
New vessel will open up new opportunities for Center for Whale Research fieldwork
The CWR team chose Washington State’s LIFE PROOF BOATS to build a rugged, safe, stable, and spacious research vessel to navigate in the...
Mia Lybkaer Kronborg Nielsen
- Jun 13
- 3 min
New Bigg’s killer whale research:
Bigg’s killer whale females maintain close relationships with their adult sons, while daughters disperse Post-reproductive mother T60 and...
Dave Ellifrit
- Nov 29, 2022
- 8 min
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...
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
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...
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