No dorsal fin. V-shaped blow. Almost extinct. Right Whale Day brings a rare species into focus — before it’s too late.

"They're more elusive — and critically endangered." Researchers stunned after capturing footage of rare predators in ...

A whale watch vessel is operating the state-funded passenger-only ferry pilot. The service from Anacortes to the San Juan ...

Located in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, San Juan Island offers mild summer temperatures and lots of outdoor activities. Visitors to the island will find a National Park Service site, packed with ...

America's most under-the-radar isles aren't just for Bill Gates and his billionaire kin.

Every year towards the tail end of southern summer, thousands of humpback whales, southern right whales, blue whales and orcas embark on the world's longest mammal migration. They swim from the frigid ...

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre says ...

VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. — There’s new hope in the J Pod of endangered Southern Resident orca whales. A new calf has arrived! On Apr. 6, Center for Whale Research biologist Mark Malleson spotted ...

A critically endangered killer whale group has welcomed a new calf after it was spotted for the first time near Washington. The Southern Resident killer whale baby was discovered April 6 in the ...