#missingwhales

Mournful Movements

One of our first photos of J52, taken on April 7, 2015. He was first seen on March 30th of that year. The first known calf of J36....

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...

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...