A baby orca that went missing from the Northwest's struggling killer-whale population turned up Sunday, triggering cheers and family photos at the Whale Research Center in the San Juan Islands. "The ...

A Southern Resident orca who carried the corpse of her calf for at least 17 days in mourning has released it. Ken Balcomb, executive director of the Center for Whale Research, spotted orca J35 with ...

Few people know the orcas of Puget Sound as well as Ken Balcomb. A researcher with the Center for Whale Research on Washington state's San Juan Island, Balcomb has been studying the whales for more ...

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