My Visit to the Snake
The story below was written by the Center for Whale Research’s founder and senior scientist Ken Balcomb, who has been studying the...
The important role public sightings play in conservation.
When it comes to Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW), no single organization has more data than the Center for Whale Research (CWR)....
Missing whales ...
J14 with her oldest daughter J37, 2015. Photo by Deborah Giles. Someone asked me once if I take it personally when a whale dies. Do I...
Where are all the whales?
A photo of CWR Staff with a group of L's in 2010. We have started off the summer field season going full speed at the Center. For the...
Our very first Encounter- April 8, 1976
Below are scans from the original log book and film rolls from our first ever encounter 40 years ago today. Encounter 1, K's and L's off...
Celebrating 40 Years Of Research
It was 40 years ago today, April 1, that the Orca Survey Project began. For those of you that don't know the history, Center for Whale...
