The Whale Pages: Change in Habitat Use by Southern Resident Killer Whales
Every year for the past 9 years the Center has written a weekly segment in the local paper, the San Jun Journal, in the month of August....
The Whale Pages: Reproductive Conflict in Killer Whales
J17 with her youngest daughter J53 Every year for the past 9 years the Center has written a weekly segment in the local paper, the San...
Who's who in killer whale field research in and around the San Juan Islands: a summary of local
Although there are an ever-increasing number of organizations advocating for the endangered Southern Resident killer whales these days,...
Our most frequently asked question...
Summer is here! We are gearing up to get back into the field full time. Although we have had encounters all winter long, summer is 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)....
Goodbye Granny
It is unfortunate that our first announcement of 2017 has to be about the death of J2, known to most as Granny, the oldest southern...
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...
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...
A Fin Whale in the Salish Sea
In late summer of 2015, a fin whale arrived in the inland waters near San Juan Island. At first, naturalists were confused by what looked...
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...
