of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean. The southern resident orcas form a closed society with no emigration or...

Northern resident orcas, also known as northern resident killer whales (NRKW), are one of four separate, non-interbreeding communities of the exclusively...

recovery? Orcas adopted by Obama girls". San Juan Journal. Retrieved July 31, 2018. Center for Whale Research (June 17, 2018). "Southern Resident Orca Community...

human fisheries. In late 2005, the southern resident orcas were placed on the U.S. Endangered Species list. Orcas are not usually a threat to humans,...

the prior two days. Lolita was member of L Pod of the southern resident orcas, an endangered orca community that lives in the northeast Pacific Ocean....

approx, died c. 2016), also known as J2, was a female orca of the J pod of southern resident orcas notable for her long life. Early estimates placed her...

United States such as SeaWorld have not collected wild orcas in over 35 years. 25 of the 33 orcas on display in the US, Argentina, Spain, and France were...

distinct populations of orcas (Orcinus orca). The area supports three major ecotypes of orcas: northern residents, southern residents, and transients. A fourth...

Harbor orca capture operation was the first planned, deliberate trapping of a large group of orcas (killer whales). 15 southern resident orcas were trapped...

Dozens of orcas (killer whales) are held in captivity for breeding or performance purposes. The practice of capturing and displaying orcas in exhibitions...

world. Resident orcas can be divided into at least three distinct communities; northern, southern and southern Alaskan. Southern Alaskan resident orcas are...

Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna. The loss of Luna reduced the number of mature males of Southern Resident orcas to just two individuals who...

Save A Starving Orca, Oregon Public Broadcasting Bob Friel (August 27, 2018), "Orcas in the Mist – The Pacific Northwest's Southern Resident killer whales...

/ʃæmuː/ (c. 1961 – August 16, 1971) was a female orca captured in October 1965 from a southern resident pod. She was sold to SeaWorld San Diego and became...

cultural fad displayed by orcas, where they wear dead salmon upon their heads. It was first observed in 1987 with southern resident orcas and was a relatively...

later identified as a member of J Pod of the southern resident orcas. At the time of his capture, orcas were widely feared and hated. In 1972, Washington...

Beginning in 2020, a subpopulation of orcas (Orcinus orca) began ramming boats and attacking their rudders in waters off the Iberian Peninsula. The behaviour...

communication systems of orcas correspond with their large brains and complex social structure. The three southern resident orca pods share some calls with...

the Free Willy trilogy of films. Windsor Safari Park Captive orcas List of captive orcas List of individual cetaceans "One Dolphin's Story – Ramu/Winston"...

exception that did not include Lolita as part of the ESA-listed Southern resident orcas that live in Washington and British Columbia waters. Activists...

Orcas (or killer whales) are large, powerful aquatic apex predators. There have been incidents where orcas were perceived to attack humans in the wild...

Whale was the orca's advertised name at first, but she was later renamed Skana. Walter was captured from K Pod of the southern resident orcas in 1967 by...

hunting and killing orcas for its research. Moby Doll began the transformation of the species' image, followed by the next few captive orcas. They initiated...

Seattle's indigenous population and the region's orca population, one of the Southern resident orcas, J17, was nicknamed Princess Angeline after Kikisoblu...

and selling a number of orcas during the late 1960s and early 1970s. When the first ever successful feeding of a captive orca occurred, coincidentally...

List of individual cetaceans https:// www.kintocetaceans.org/the-orcas.html "Orcas in the SWC Petting Pool - Exploring the Cetacean-Human Relationship"...

Salish Sea populations. Southern resident orcas are primarily distributed in Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands; northern residents are primarily distributed...

killer whales (orcas). While mammal-eating transient orcas are gradually increasing in population, fish-eating southern resident orcas have struggled...

is invasive, but the NMFS made the unilateral decision to tag southern resident orcas. The L95 whale died 5 weeks after being shot with a barbed satellite...

to the orcas who helped end their captivity, dies". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. "Ken Balcomb, chronicler of the southern resident orcas, dies...