Feb 28, 2025 · Hayakawa was stunned to see an all-white male orca appear among a pod of typically pigmented whales. They reached for their camera, hoping to capture the moment on film to share with their animal-loving community online.

Apr 29, 2023 · Whale watchers off the coast of California recently witnessed an extremely rare sight — a young white orca (Orcinus orca). The calf, which was almost completely white except for dark patches...

Oct 17, 2023 · Whale watchers off the coast of California were treated to an incredible sight last weekend when a "super rare" white orca made an appearance near their boat. Boaters on a trip out of Monterey...

Sep 8, 2016 · Six years ago, on 11 August 2010, whale researchers working in the western North Pacific encountered something very unusual: a white male killer whale, or orca. Two days later the white...

May 1, 2024 · It was a white orca, or killer whale, that has become somewhat famous in environmentalist circles up and down the Pacific Coast over the last few years. The orca, a calf nicknamed "Frosty"...

Mar 20, 2025 · Hayakawa has been sailing the waters around the island of Hokkaido, in northern Japan, for 15 years, taking photographs of orcas and other marine creatures. But nothing had prepared him for the incredible spectacle he encountered: a male orca with a creamy white hue that shone like a ghost in the deep blue ocean.

Dec 18, 2024 · Passengers on an Island Packers boat off Ventura recently spotted a rare white orca known as Frosty. On Sunday, the boat happened upon a group of six orcas, also called killer whales, on the way...

Mar 4, 2025 · Tokuyuki Hayakawa specializes in photographing killer whales in the waters off Rausu on the northern tip of Japan. He spends 40 to 50 days per year in the remote region, according to Studio Persol....

Oct 19, 2023 · A rare white killer whale was spotted in Monterey Bay, California, on Oct. 15. The orca, named Frosty, is likely white due to leucism or Chediak-Higashi syndrome, according to the tour...

May 1, 2024 · Frosty, which has a white-gray pigmentation instead of the typical black with white patches, was first spotted off Orange County in 2019, just a few months old.