Once heavily depleted, the waters off British Columbia now teem with humpbacks and orcas, seals and sea otters — an extraordinary comeback revealed on expert-led tours ...

Learn how shifting ranges and new science show Southern Resident killer whales need other orcas more than we once believed.

If all goes as planned, the skeleton — after help from scientists and specialists from around the world — will be fully reassembled in May outside the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, ...

Scientific analysis of "cannibal" killer whales might seem shocking at first glance, but it might also indicate that our ...

Multiple killer whales were observed circling and feeding on a blue shark in a striking open-ocean encounter. The footage captures several orcas taking turns with the carcass, demonstrating their ...

Multiple killer whales were spotted circling and feasting on a blue shark in a dramatic open-ocean encounter. The footage shows several orcas taking turns with the carcass, highlighting their ...

There’s an episode in Season 1 of Stranger Things, where the science teacher explains to the kids how to travel to another dimension (the Upside Down) using a paper plate. The teacher draws a ...

Killer whales are widely considered the ocean’s ultimate predators, occupying the very top of the marine food web. Yet new evidence suggests that the greatest threat to some killer whales may come ...

I’m so tired of hearing about the precious orca whales’ food supply. Why aren’t we more concerned for humans’ food supply of fresh, chinook salmon? The fish of the sea are for us to eat! Will someone ...

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SEATTLE — ORCA will launch a new tap-to-pay feature beginning Monday, allowing riders to use contactless credit and debit cards and digital wallets to pay fares across the Puget Sound region. ALSO SEE ...

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — Biologists with the Center for Whale Research have documented a new Southern Resident killer whale calf traveling with L pod in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca. RELATED | ...