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Elusive whale calf appears on NC beach and dies before help can arrive, lab says
A rarely seen species of whale became stranded alive on a North Carolina island, only to perish before help could arrive, ...
Stunning photos capture incredibly rare albino killer whale off Japanese volcanic island
My legs were shaking with excitement,' the photographer said. 'It was the first time in my life I'd seen a white orca. I was ...
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Rare vid shows orca feeding frenzy as 60 beasts hunt and kill world’s biggest animal – picking 60ft carcass to the bone
Tourists off Australia's Bremer Bay watched as the orcas surrounded a 60ft endangered pygmy blue whale and tore it to shreds in a savage 90-minute attack. The event is so rare it's only the fourth ...
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'Sign of hope' for endangered killer whales as research centre confirms newborn calf
The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre ...
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New killer whale calf gives B.C.'s famous J pod a 'sign of hope'
Animal lovers around B.C. are celebrating the announcement that a new killer whale calf has been sighted in provincial waters. Washington-based Center for Whale Research (CWR) shared yesterday that ...
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Baby killer whale spotted with first-time mom near Washington, photos show
A critically endangered killer whale group has welcomed a new calf after it was spotted for the first time near Washington. The Southern Resident killer whale baby was discovered April 6 in the ...
The Vancouver Sun19d
50 years ago, Lolita the orca was captured off the coast of B.C. A new film follows the fight to set her free
In this case, the filmmakers from Toronto, (Sharkey Pearce) and Bowen Island (Schneider), were interested in a film about the decline in the southern resident orca ... to get the whale freed ...