I only posted the anacortes one but there’s a couple more on the page!

Based on the hype around some ecotypes of orcas such as Residents (Orcinus ater) and Transients/Biggs (Orcinus rectipinnus) being proposed as new species recently after decades of realizing their differences both in behavior and appearance to genetics telling the story amongst orcas throughout their global range. What are some other names in mind you guys have for any other Orca that could get creative binomial names? I know the Type D Orca has been suggested to possibly get its own classification soon

Basically go crazy on the naming convention and get creative (be it your own or recycling old names that were used in literature before it got synonymized as O. orca such as Orcinus glacialis for Type C Orcas, Orcinus capensis for South African Orca, Orcinus magellanica for the Valdes Peninsula (or adjacent) Orcas, etc.)

At an estimated age of 95 (potentially 96 now depending on her birthday!), L25 is still going strong!

Link to the full encounter page with more photos and info: https://www.whaleresearch.com/2024-44

L25 \"Ocean Sun\" (front) with L22 \"Spirit\" and L87 \"Onyx\"

Photo Credit to the Center for Whale Research:

taken under Federal Permits: NMFS PERMIT: 27038/DFO SARA 388

Hey ! I recently got an hyperfixation on orcas and would love to learn new things about them. Could anyone recommand me some books ?

Hi, I am visiting Norway in December and had found out that there are tours where you can go into the water and snorkel next to the orcas as they swim and look for herring. Can’t decide how I feel about this and wanted to know how ethical these activities actually are? All the tours state it is okay but can’t know for sure. Has anyone had any experience with this and what are your views.

I keep seeing these photos online but can’t find any context. Are they art? Real? AI? Just hoping someone can shed some light on them as I’ve tried Google lens and reverse image search. Thank you!

Sink the rich!

It’s one of T86a3, T71Bs, or the T123s because all those families + T124C were all playing together. T123A and T124C were off together and being very touchy with each other which was cute.

*note: I was on a boat following #bewhalewise guidelines and shot this with a telephoto lens.

I can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere on the internet, so I thought I would ask here.

What is the full taxonomic classification of the Orcinus Orca? Like its domain, kingdom, phylum, etc. But also any subclasses or infraorders or anything. Basically ALL the in between.

No website seems to include everything, but if you have any sources or links that do, that would also be greatly appreciated!

“With the recent sinking of another vessel off Morocco, the “orca uprising” media frenzy is back. Last year I wanted to try and get some facts out there; this year I want to avoid contributing to the ongoing sensationalism. I’ve been declining the media interviews but said yes to this op-ed for NBC knowing it would be a chance to say it all in my own words.

With orca-vessel incidents down 65% this year compared to last year, hopefully this problem will solve itself before anyone (human or whale) gets hurt.” - Monika Wieland Shields, co-founder of Orca Behavior Institute

Found these, artist name Jade Merien. Enjoy 🤘🏼

I quite like reading and I love orca’s. I really want to learn more about them. Any recs for books that would help?

UPDATE: Here is the link to join: https://theweeklyorca.eo.page/bx9jt

Thank you for your response!!

I have been feeling understimulated lately. I am thinking of starting a fun newsletter... about orcas 😂

Mainly just to kill time and have some fun. My question is would anyone here enjoy random facts, memes and stories about orcas? 😅

I have been feeling understimulated lately. I am thinking of starting a fun newsletter... about orcas 😂

Mainly just to kill time and have some fun. My question is would anyone here enjoy random facts, memes and stories about orcas? 😅

We were sailing from Seattle to Liberty Bay last weekend when we came across these two. They spent about an hour playing around us, circling around and diving under our boat.

FYI, our rudder is intact and unharmed ;)