an orca calf was spotted in the Puget Sound. That alone is cause for excitement, but this calf has an interesting story: The calf is related to a killer whale that was captured by SeaWorld years ago.

A new orca calf was seen swimming with Southern Resident orcas, delighting Puget Sound residents and killer whale researchers alike. A field biologist spotted the calf while traveling with the J ...

What is known is that they have a relatively stable supply of deep-swimming cartilaginous fish — such as sharks or rays — ...

The 164 pieces once belonged to a gray whale that swam through Puget Sound. Now, they’re part of a scientific and educational project unfolding in the hands of teenagers. In April 2024 ...

Southern Resident killer whales were listed as an endangered species ... They spend summer and fall months in the Puget Sound and in the waters off southern Vancouver Island, NOAA said.

Whidbey resident Susan Berta wears a T-shirt that sums up her mission in life: “Protect the water. Protect the salmon.

Some of the first evidence of cultural differences among orcas came from studies of vocalizations in whales that frequent ... around Vancouver Island and Puget Sound)—the group to which the ...