‘Dazzling’: 161 whales, including orca with tuna in its mouth, spotted off Mass. on the same day An aerial survey team recently spotted a whopping 161 whales in the water off Massachusetts on the same day. The NOAA Fisheries New England/Mid-Atlantic says one of its whale teams saw “a dazzling array of sightings” comprising seven […]
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Spain warns small ships of possible orca run-ins near the Strait of Gibraltar during the summer
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Following the ramming of a small boat by an orca in the Strait of Gibraltar, authorities in Spain issued recommendations Tuesday that small vessels stick to the coastline in that region to avoid often-scary interactions with killer whales during summer months. In the latest incident, two people aboard a 15-meter (50-foot) […]
Orca calf swims out of Canadian lagoon where it had been trapped more than a month
ZEBALLOS, British Columbia (AP) — A young killer whale that was trapped for more than a month in a lagoon on Vancouver Island swam past a bottleneck at high tide early Friday, reaching an inlet that could take it to the open sea, officials said. The Ehattesaht and Nuchatlaht First Nations said in a statement […]
An Orca Calf Trapped in British Columbia Lagoon Has Found Her Way to Freedom
In late March, an orca calf found itself in a bad spot. She was hopelessly stuck in a lagoon off Espinosa Inlet in British Columbia, Canada. Now, though, after a worrying length of time, she has found her way to freedom. The whale calf, who was named “kʷiisaḥiʔis” by members of the Ehattesaht First Nation, […]
Orca calf stranded in British Columbia lagoon for more than a month swims out on her own
An orca calf that spent over a month stranded in a remote lagoon on Vancouver Island off the west coast of Canada swam out of the lagoon on her own early Friday morning, according to the Ehattesaht First Nation. The seemingly trapped mammal attracted media attention, concern from local agencies and prompted several aborted rescue […]
Orca calf stranded in Canadian lagoon will be airlifted out, rescuers say
Plans are under way to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island in an effort to reunite the young orca with its extended family, Canadian authorities said. Canadian Fisheries Department and First Nations officials said the plan involves placing the two-year-old calf into a sling, lifting […]
Orca pods combine to hunt sea creature off California. See ‘once in a lifetime’ video
For 50 minutes, multiple pods of orcas worked together, hunting off the California coast. Two orcas, the matriarchs among the group of about 30 whales, on April 2 circled a 20-foot-long minke whale, according to Colleen Talty, a research biologist with Monterey Bay Whale Watch. The other killer whales, from 12 different pods, waited in […]
Sperm whales drop giant poop bombs to save themselves from orca attack
Sperm whales blasted a “big dark bubble” of poop to prevent an impending orca attack off the southern coast of Western Australia. Scientists witnessed the clever defense strategy unfold Tuesday (March 19) during a tourist excursion in Bremer Canyon, a whale-watching hotspot off the coast between Albany and Hopetoun. They described seeing a “cloud of […]