southern resident killer whale

A young southern resident killer whale spotted swimming in the waters off the west side of Vancouver Island now has a name.

Researchers are cautiously celebrating the birth of a new addition to the endangered southern resident killer whale population.

Researchers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are cheering after spotting all three pods that make up the endangered southern resident killer whale population.

A newborn calf in a southern resident killer whale pod has been spotted in the waters around Tofino, British Columbia.

Last month, the Federal Court of Appeal overturned the Trudeau government's approval of the Trans Mountain expansion. National Observer's Mike Ruffolo explains the primary justifications for that decision.

An American whale research organization says an ailing killer whale has been found alive just hours after it was announced the young orca had been separated from her family pod.

Ottawa has announced $26.6 million in funding for research to help better understand noise pressures on marine mammals, such as the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

Cedar George-Parker remembers the moment he decided to devote his life to defending Indigenous people and their traditional territories. It was the one-year anniversary of a shooting at his high school that killed four of his classmates in Marysville, Wash.

Threatened and endangered species continue to disappear despite federal legislation designed to protect them and help their populations recover. What’s going wrong?

Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says there will be regulations in place before the spring to ensure no boat comes within 200 metres of southern resident killer whales in Canadian waters.

The fate of two of British Columbia’s most iconic animals and the ecosystems and economies that depend on them rests in our hands, writes famed Canadian scientist David Suzuki.

The clock is ticking on British Columbia's provincial election. Here's what you need to know about who is going to do what for B.C.'s beautiful species at risk.

The Great Bear Rainforest isn't safe.

Much attention is paid to marine mammals like orcas, writes marine biologist Abby Schwarz. But the Kinder Morgan pipeline's tankers will have a serious impact on herring as well.

Researchers say they suspect one of the oldest killer whales in the West Coast’s southern resident population has died.