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Finding Acceptance
The second in a series of video excerpts from our Celebrating Science workshop held on July 21, 2017, on San Juan Island. Dr. Astrid van...
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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)....
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J28 through my eyes
J28 with calf J54, December 2015. Photo by Dave Ellifrit, Center for Whale Research. I first met J28 in 2003, but I didn’t know her name...
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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...
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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...