Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The orca calf named “Munro” was seen surfacing next to its mother, “Sedna,” on March 20, 2025. The calf was named after Ralph ...

Many of the orcas captured and sent to marine theme parks in the 1960s and 1970s came from the Pacific Northwest. An incident 50 years ago this month changed that. A staffer in then-Washington Gov.

Orcas regularly surface for air, with average dive times lasting between three and five minutes. (Lily Roby/Courthouse News Service) FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. (CN) — Blue and silver mist splashes in the ...

March 7, 2026 marks 50 years since the “Budd Inlet Six” orcas were captured near Olympia, the last reported orca capture in U.S. waters. Olympia leaders declared the anniversary “Budd Inlet Six ...

Olympia marked 50 years since the 1976 Budd Inlet Six orca capture. Washington sued SeaWorld after affidavits showed chasing and nets violated permits. SeaWorld agreed to stop captures in Washington; ...