FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. -- One of the Southern Resident killer whales that had been seen in poor condition in the waters near the San Juan Islands last year has been spotted in even worse condition this ...
Concern is heightened for the survival of J17, an endangered southern resident orca who is continuing to decline, new photos show. Researcher John Durban, of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center of ...
Two Southern Resident orcas who were last seen in poor health are missing from their family groups. Researchers with the Center for Whale Research saw all members of the J17s and K13s in Haro Strait ...
A West Coast female killer whale, known as J17, has been on scientists' radar for several years because of how skinny she is — and it's only getting worse. New aerial photos show that the orca, who's ...