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Global’s Paul Johnson gets a tour of what’s billed as a major step forward in research and the preseervation of coastal species like Southern Resident killer whales.

Scientists have uncovered a new threat to the long-term survival of the endangered Southern Resident killer whales. And it has everything to do with their insular lives and mating habits. Paul Johnson reports.

Researchers believe a 47-year-old grandmother orca missing from the endangered Sourthern Resident whales is likely deceased

Experts from across North America have gathered in Vancouver to discuss how to better protect B.C.’s dwindling southern resident Killer Whale population. Linda Aylesworth reports.

The federal government has unveiled new protections for B.C.’s southern resident killer whales, including doubling the distance boats must maintain. Linda Aylesworth has the details.

The federal government is putting forward new funds to help protect resident killer whales. As Jordan Armstrong reports the department of fisheries and oceans is supporting research that examines the impact of underwater noise.

At a press conference Wednesday, Christianne Wilhelmson of the Georgia Strait Alliance explained the goal of a new lawsuit calling for emergency review of threats to southern resident killer whales.

At a press conference Wednesday, lawyers for Ecojustice announced a lawsuit filed against the federal government demanding an emergency review of threats to southern resident killer whales.

Six high-profile conservation groups are suing the federal government, demanding that Ottawa issue an “emergency order” to protect the endangered southern resident killer whales. Linda Aylesworth reports.

In a video provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, scientists work to administer antibiotics to J50, a sick orca in the endangered Southern Resident killer whale pod.

As part of a $1 billion program to protect Southern resident killer whales, Washington State is partially banning whale watching off its coast for at least the next three years. Linda Aylesworth has reaction.

The federal government is putting $1 million into research to try to find out why the southern resident killer whale population isn’t getting enough of its primary food, chinook salmon.

Report concludes project-related marine shipping is likely to cause significant adverse environmental impacts on the southern resident killer whale.

Video taken on April 28 off the coast of Oregon appears to show a new orca in the southern resident’s K Pod.

There is renewed concern about the dwindling Southern Resident killer whale population. A grandmother orca is presumed dead after going missing several months ago. And as Kylie Stanton reports, her death will likely send ripple effects through her family.

The southern resident killer whale that broke hearts around the world with her reaction to the death of her calf is pregnant again. J35, as she’s known to researchers, carried the body of her newborn calf for more than two weeks after it died in 2018.

There is a new edition to B.C.’s endangered southern resident killer whale population. The Orca Network is reporting that a killer whale known as L-86 has given birth to a new calf.

Fri, Jul 21: Dozens of marine companies and corporations are voluntarily slowing down off B.C.’s south coast, as part of a study on how marine traffic affects southern resident killer whales. Linda Aylesworth reports.

It’s a drastic move designed to save the threatened southern resident killer whale population. Washington State is looking at a 3 to 5 year ban on whale watching. And as Aaron Mcarthur reports, that could have an impact on a popular industry on this side of the border.

At a press conference Wednesday, lawyers explained why they filed a lawsuit demanding an emergency review of threats to southern resident killer whales.