It was then that he saw a newborn calf swimming close to whale J40. The calf is J40’s first known baby and the fourth born into the Southern Resident population in the last year. The new calf ...

Center for Whale Research Field Biologist Mark Malleson was out doing a photo ID survey when he saw the newborn calf swimming alongside J40 as the pod traveled west past Victoria Harbour on Sunday.

The centre says he observed and documented a newborn calf swimming alongside a whale known as J40 and it's thought to be her first calf. The latest calf is the fourth born among the southern ...