The name “transient” was coined by killer whale researcher Dr. Michael Bigg who observed their behaviour as transient or more nomadic. The mysterious pack of 49 had previously been spotted, ...

T46, also known as Wake, was a transient or Bigg's killer whale thought to have been born in 1966. Jared Towers, a research technician with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and executive director of ...

The pod is considered to be a type of "transient" orca, which means they hav ea large range they cover between southeast Alaska to the Mexico border and primarily feed on marine mammals like small ...

The rare orca pod has only been documented seven times since 1993. The two females and three kids were seen about 2.5 miles from Newport Beach last week.