Endangered Orca

• Ottawa urged to pause proposed B.C. port expansion

  A plan to build a new shipping container terminal the size of nearly 144 football fields at a major Metro Vancouver port has sparked a rival proposal along with concerns for endangered orcas and the salmon they depend on.

  Environment

  Mar 13, 2022
  
• Endangered southern resident killer whale presumed dead: expert

  The endangered southern resident killer whale population may have suffered more loss with one of the orcas presumed dead, says an expert.

  Environment

  Aug 7, 2021
  
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• Researchers celebrate birth of orca to endangered southern resident population

  The Center for Whale Research in Washington said Wednesday a baby orca named L125 was added to the killer whale family.

  Feb 18, 2021
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• U.S. study links presence of vessels to endangered orca feeding habits

  Researchers found the southern resident orcas made fewer and shorter feeding dives when boats came within a certain distance, an effect that was more pronounced among females.

  Environment

  Jan 21, 2021
• Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered B.C. killer whales

  Researchers are aiming to "teach" a computer to recognize the sounds of endangered B.C. orcas in order to develop a warning system for preventing ships from fatally striking them.

  Environment

  Dec 13, 2020
• Endangered killer whale who carried dead calf for 17 days gives birth again

  J35 made international headlines in 2018 when her last calf died shortly after birth. She then carried the young whale's carcass with her for more than two weeks and 1,500 kilometres.

  Environment

  Sep 6, 2020
• Salish Sea’s endangered killer whales studied amid quietest ocean in ‘3 or 4 decades’

  A noise reduction of up to 75 per cent could have a big impact on orcas, who use sound to communicate, hunt and map their environment.

  Environment

  Jun 28, 2020
• Another endangered southern resident orca missing, feared dead

  Orca L41, popularly known as 'Mega,' was one of just 73 remaining members of the threatened population.

  Jan 29, 2020
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• 3 missing endangered southern resident orcas now presumed dead: researchers

  The deaths leave the critically endangered population at just 73 whales.

  Environment

  Aug 7, 2019
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• 2 ailing endangered orcas missing, researchers fear they may have died

  Should researchers confirm orcas J17 and K25 have died, it would mean just 72 critically endangered southern resident killer whales remain.

  Jul 9, 2019