Rare White Young Killer Whale Swimming Off the British Columbia Coast

A rare white killer whale, shown in a handout photo, has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia. HO-Department of Fisheries and Oceans-Miguel Neves Dos Reis/The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER—A rare white killer whale has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia.

Jared Towers, an orca ecologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, says the young transient killer whale was first seen at the end of November and was spotted again May 17.