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 ...

To support salmon recovery, our research identifies how toxic flame retardants move through and build up in the Snohomish ...

“And say that’s what a killer whale sounds like. It was ridiculous ... They usually visit from March to May, veering into the ...

Orcas adopted a fishy fashion trend – they started wearing salmon as hats. With the sophisticated social structures and ...

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From the Olympic Peninsula to Vancouver Island, an unseen war is unfolding beneath the surface; cargo ships, oil drills, and ...

Last Friday a group of killer whales swam into Grays Harbor, reportedly going at least as far as under the Chehalis River ...

A grey whale who is visiting the Burrard Inlet is ... Little Patch was last in Puget Sound on April 6. “What's really unusual is that he almost always is seen in Washington's Puget Sound ...

The groups also alleged Tuesday that Tacoma is violating a permit that allows it to discharge industrial stormwater from its wastewater-treatment plant to surface waters, including the Puyallup River, ...

Animal lovers around B.C. are celebrating the announcement that a new killer whale calf has been sighted in provincial waters ...

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre ...