Advocates say the Federal government is keeping a fish supply behind dams during a major salmon shortage. The salmon need to be able to swim upstream to reproduce, but can’t naturally due to the dams.

This week, we are celebrating a monumental environmental victory for Puget Sound’s ecosystems, Washington Tribal Nations and ...

The endangered population of orca whales in Washington State's Puget Sound has made global headlines in recent years. One mother whale became famous for carrying her dead calf on her nose in a ...

Whale researchers in the Pacific Northwest reported a day of extreme highs and lows on the last day of 2024. On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf ...

What scientific proof do we have that this will help? Are there tagged Snake River salmon swimming in Puget Sound? Let’s face it our southern resident orcas are swimming through polluted waters of our ...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. (KOMO) — One of the joys of living in the Puget Sound region is seeing all the wildlife, including killer whales. “I mean, whales are one of the great features of ...

The bittersweet New Year’s Day visit to central Puget Sound by J and K pods revealed both a new, apparently healthy calf had ...

She carried that first dead calf for 17 days. A female killer whale was observed last week carrying her dead calf through Puget Sound in what experts say is further evidence that marine mammals ...

The Washington state-based Centre for Whale Research said the endangered orca named Tahlequah, also known as J35, was spotted carrying her deceased calf in Puget Sound off Seattle on New Year’s Day.

Autumn runs of chum and coho salmon in much of Puget Sound were abundant in the fall of 2024. Hanson said salmon runs that orcas depend on, including Chinook salmon in Canada’s Fraser River ...

Tahlequah and her pod are Southern Resident Killer Whales, an endangered population with only about 70 members across three pods. These whales frequent Puget Sound waters in the spring and fall.