News Updates Archives
2010
1/8/2010 Two killer whale types found in UK waters
1/3/2010 Boats and whales: Give orcas the right-of-way
2009
12/11/09 Have you ever seen a gray killer whale?
10/30/09 State board OKs Bellingham man's 'Salish Sea' proposal
10/21/09 The Samish Indian Nation Names New Calf J-45
7/30/09 Use of Sonar That Spooked Orcas to Be Limited in Sound, Navy Says
5/24/09 Ocean Life In Olden Days: Researchers Upend Modern Notions Of 'Natural' Animal Sizes, Abundance
5/5/09 The Whale Museum wins "Best Museum" award
4/9/09 SONAR Recorded off of San Juan Island
1/23/09 Southern resident orcas must yell above the din
1/16/09 Study Sheds Light on Toxics in Puget Sound Orcas
2008
10/27/08 Are the orcas starving?
8/11/08 K-7, oldest of Southern Resident orcas, believed dead
8/6/08 "New" Killer Whale Types at Risk From Antarctic Warming
8/4/08 Stranded killer whale calf found on Henry Island
7/10/08 Salmon on the Columbia: See you in court
6/12/08 Washington State NEW Vessel Regulations in Effect
3/28/08 Bill signed: Protecting orca whales from vessel impacts
3/06/08 White Killer Whale Spotted Near Aleutian Islands
2/11/08 Killer whales loaded with fire retardant
1/29/08 Puget Sound Orcas Feeding in California - Again
1/25/08 Free Lolita! A Whale Story
1/25/08 Cost to Save Orcas Starts at $50 Million
1/24/08 NOAA Releases Orca Recovery Plan
1/1/08 The plastic killing fields
2007
12/20/07 Scientists track down the whale’s walking ancestor
11/21/07 Orca Researchers Call For Removal of Snake River Dams
11/07/07 Dwarf Killer Whale Species Discovered in Antarctica? (PDF paper at end of article)
11/01/07 Notes From NOAA / SeaDoc Society's Killer Whale / Oil Spill Workshop Posted as PDF
10/26/07 Evidence of Walrus Living in Washington Area During the Pleistocene Era
10/11/07 Study: Toxic Chemical Levels Higher in Young Orcas
08/21/07 Oil Spill Threatens Killer Whale Habitat
6/19/07 Turning Guidelines Into Law is an Orca of a Problem
6/15/07 Young Whale's Tale is Story of Success
6/6/07 June Proclaimed "Orca Awareness Month" by Governor Gregoire
5/16/07 San Juan County Targets Boaters Harassing Orcas
5/5/07 Plight of the Stinky Whale
4/20/07 UW Researcher Using Narwhals to Study Climate Change
4/14/07 Alaska's Killer Whales Chow Down
4/6/07 Whales' Journey Into Record Books
3/14/07 Flame Retardant Growing Threat to Killer Whales
2/18/07 Rise in Killer Whales Sightings Linked to Melting Ice
2/6/07 Sound Study Explores Orca Behavior
2006
12/22/06 Puget Sound Orcas Remain an Endangered Species
9/9/06 For Pods of Whales, Celebrity Status and Now a Lawsuit
8/12/06 Killer Whales Have Own 'Caller ID'
8/6/06 Scientists Seek Buried Orcas on Whidbey Island
7/20/06 Operation Orca
7/14/06 Rare Whales Can Live to Nearly 200, Eye Tissue Reveals
4/21/06 After Decades of Fear and Hostility, are we Loving Them to Death?
4/14/06 The Missing Minke
4/6/06 Chemicals Tainting Orcas' Dinner
3/24/06 Lawsuit Challenges Protection of Orcas
2/23/06 Tons of Trouble
2005
12/14/05 Efforts to Protect Orcas May Have Wide Impact
12/12/05 Arctic Orcas Highly Contaminated
12/2/05 Researcher Headed to Antarctica Seeking New Species of Killer Whale
11/27/05 The Cry of the Dolphin
10/6/05 957 Species at Risk in Puget Sound Area
9/16/05 Secrets Of The Whale Riders: Crablike 'Whale Lice' Show How Endangered Cetaceans Evolved
7/12/05 J Pod's Interactions With Harbor Porpoise End in Death
4/25/05 See New Document on Southern Resident Killer Whale Diving Behavior
4/7/05 The Orca is Now the Official Marine Mammal of Washington
3/18/05 Federal Report Claims Navy Sonar Didn't Harm Southern Residents
2004
4/30/04 Southern Residents Increasing Length of Calls When Boat Noise Present
4/5/04 WDFW Approves Listing Southern Resident Orcas as Endangered
1/30/04 San Juan County Adopted as Marine Stewardship Area
2003
12/14/03 Keiko Dies of Acute Pneumonia
11/25/03 New Species of Whale Potentially Identified
11/13/03 Wider Use of Navy's Sonar Approved by House
10/14/03 Navy to Limit its Use of Sonar
5/20/03 Historical Information on Porpoise Strandings in San Juan County Relative to the May 5th Navy Sonar Incident
5/13/03 Could Sonar Testing be Hurting Porpoises? TV Reporters Talk to Our Stranding Network
2002
11/15/02 Carcass of Fin Whale Sunk in San Juans
11/7/02 Fin Whale Necropsy Completed Last Night
5/7/02: Dead Orca May Have Had Highest Level of Contaminants Ever Found
2000
10/12/00: The Whale Museum in National News
9/11/00: First Time in 25 Years Northern Residents Seen in San Juans!
2/4/00 Report: K and L Pods Show Up in Monterey!
1999
10/99 Report: Pacific Northwest Orca Population Declining