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New Orca Calf Is a Descendant of the ‘Budd Inlet Six,’ the Last Killer Whales Captured in United States Waters in 1976
The black and slightly orange Bigg’s killer whale was spotted swimming with its mother, Sedna, in the Salish Sea ...
Baby orca is a descendent of a whale almost sold to SeaWorld in 1976
A new orca whale calf spotted in Puget Sound in Washington State is the latest addition to a well-known family of killer ...
Rare killer whales caught on camera in Oregon
A rare sighting of critically endangered southern resident killer whales off the Oregon coast offers a glimpse of a ...
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New orca calf born to descendant of whale once captured and held by SeaWorld
SEATTLE — A new orca calf spotted in the Puget Sound last week is part of the family of the last killer whale captured in United States waters. The new Bigg's, or mammal-hunting, orca calf was ...
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What ‘the world’s loneliest whale’ may be telling us about climate change
A mysterious whale that has long puzzled scientists may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath ...
New orca calf born to descendant of whale once captured and held by SeaWorld
Sedna's grandmother, T046 or "Wake," was one of six whales captured and temporarily held by SeaWorld in Budd Inlet, according ...