In a scene that will be familiar to followers of Northwest orcas, a mother dolphin is carrying a dead calf off the coast of ...

A brand-new baby orca was spotted this week cruising alongside its mom north of Seattle. Why it matters: It's the second seemingly healthy baby born to the endangered southern resident killer whales' ...

Gray whales are often seen migrating along the Washington coast. But there’s just one place in the world where people can go ...

Dolphins and pilot whales can tell which orcas are coming for them by listening to their calls. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, personal space is ...

Scientists first identified toxic tire dust, or more specifically the chemical 6PPD-quinone, as a salmon-killer in 2020 ... Information from the Seattle Times archive was used in this report.

The whales swam away and never attempted to even interact with the humans on board. There was also a news story back in 1996 about an orca attacking a surfer, but it has since been proven wrong as the ...

The Center for Whale Research and the California Killer Whale Project identified the group of orcas as the L pod, a pod Newell said she was familiar with. "These orcas are the salmon eaters ...

The Center for Whale Research and the California Killer Whale Project identified the group of orcas as the L pod, a pod Newell said she was familiar with. "These orcas are the salmon eaters," Newell ...