The Center petitioned in 2014 to better protect areas off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California (see map ... harming the orcas and one filed in August to establish a “whale protection zone” ...

blue whales and narwhals. Despite their name, killer whales — or orcas — are not whales. Instead, they are part of the closely related dolphin family. Many whale species were hunted for their ...

Hargrove: Daniel He’s a whistle-blower who carried an actual whistle, which he wore around his neck during his 12 years as a trainer of killer whales at ... on a new orca habitat, called Blue ...

A rare sighting of critically endangered southern resident killer whales off the Oregon coast offers a glimpse of a ...