A welcome sight Thursday morning: Orcas in the Puget Sound. Experts say there’s one distinct thing people should know about ...

Orcas, like humans, get baby bumps in the early months of pregnancy and grow larger as the pregnancy advances. Researchers ...

The endangered southern resident killer whales that visit Puget Sound were listed for protection under the federal Endangered ...

UW students and community members gathered in Kane Hall for a screening of the 2021 documentary Coextinction. WashPIRG hosted ...

The documentary tells the story of the last southern resident killer whale held in captivity, and the efforts of two Lummi women to bring the orca home to a net pen sanctuary.

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Experts say Southern Resident Orca “Ocean Sun” will soon turn 100 years old and is considered the oldest orca in the world.

Backbone Campaign interpreted Tahlequah’s heroic journey in 2018 as a call to action. It turned its energy, creative tools ...

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.

A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face charges in the “sextortion” of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide in 2022. Prosecutors allege the scammer posed as a young woman, persuaded ...