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

However, the state is home to much more than just whales; visitors can spot bald eagles, elk, moose, black bears, and over ...

Drawing from the closely aligned Puget Sound Action Agenda, the contaminants group: Identifies actions most likely to be implemented and have a beneficial impact on southern resident killer whales.

We’re giving special focus to cleanup and restoration of contaminated sites on or near Puget Sound waters. These and other cleanups remove toxic pollutants from the food web. As predators at the top ...

The critically endangered Atlantic right whale remains at high risk from boat strikes and entanglements, according to the New England Aquarium. Eleven Atlantic right whale calves were born in U.S ...

Since 2022, the program has cleared more than 70 encampments of people living outdoors next to highways across five counties, bringing nearly 80% of them inside. "Every Child Ready" represents a ...

Help the Puget Sound Business Journal honor the region's top women business and civic leaders with its 2025 Women of Influence Awards. Seattle's newest icon nears completion after 22 years ...

Nominate a Woman of Influence today. Help the Puget Sound Business Journal honor the region's top women business and civic leaders with its 2025 Women of Influence Awards. Salt & Straw scoops up ...

Lorayne Meltzer has lived along the Gulf of California for 30 years. As an ecologist and director of a binational field ...

The other reason that baleen whales migrate to give birth in warmer waters is to protect their calves from killer whales. Killer whales are one of the main predators of baleen whale calves and are ...

The albino or leucistic orca — scientists are still unsure which condition affects these rare whales — is part of a small group of just three white orcas known to have appeared in the region ...

Detectives in the Pacific Northwest are using new forensics technology to track down timber poachers and save old-growth ...