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A female northern resident killer whale born shortly before Bigg's death in 1990, is unofficially named "M.B." (her official name is G-46). [1] The "Dr. Michael Bigg Memorial Bursary" was created at the University of Victoria for students of marine biology.
A killer whale swims next to a grebe in the waters just off Seattle on Sunday, March 3, 2025, moments before the bird was taken under water. The orca was part of pod of Bigg's killer whales that ...
Transient or Bigg's: The diets of these orcas consist almost exclusively of marine mammals. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] They live in the same areas as residents, but the two avoid each other. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Transients generally travel in small groups, usually of two to six animals, but sometimes on rare occasions pods merge into groups of 200.
The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus and is recognizable by its black-and-white patterned body. A cosmopolitan species, it inhabits a wide range of marine environments, from Arctic to Antarctic regions to tropical seas.
SEATTLE (AP) — A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle by treating the whale watchers to the rare sight of the apex predators hunting a bird. The pod of Bigg’s killer whales visited Elliott Bay and were seemingly on a hunt underwater just off Seattle’s maritime industrial docks.
Transients — also called Bigg’s killer whales — hunt seals and other marine mammals in small packs in expansive waters stretching from Southern California to the Arctic Circle.
A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head. It’s not clear what the behavior means, but orcas were observed doing the same thing in the 1980s.
Brave Little Hunter (Nuu-chah-nulth: kʷiisaḥiʔis, a name given to her by the Ehattesaht First Nation) [1] is a Bigg's killer whale that gained notoriety after she became beached with her mother near Zeballos, British Columbia. [2]