Sightings are up across the inland Puget Sound area and the Salish Sea, including in Bellingham Bay.

In a day of sadness and surprise, researchers on Puget Sound on Tuesday found J61, the new calf born to mother orca Tahlequah, had not survived—and that a new calf had also been born to J pod. Lolita, ...

Looking for a place to experience majestic, enormous orca whales in Washington? The Salish Sea is an intricate network of coastal waterways in the Pacific Northwest, encompassing the Olympic Peninsula ...

Almost the entire population of southern resident killer whales gathered in central Puget Sound on Sunday, but the newest member of J Pod, a newborn known as J64, was not among them. According to a ...

Underwater noise from ships is making it tough for killer whales, or orcas, to find and catch their favorite fish, a recent study has found. Orcas (Orcinus orca) rely heavily on sound to hunt. They ...

ADMIRALTY INLET, Wash. — For the first time this fall, members of the endangered Southern Resident orca population were spotted in Puget Sound. The sighting was highly anticipated by researchers and ...

Whale researchers on Saturday spotted orcas that are part of the endangered Southern Resident pod. They’re back in Puget Sound, for the first time since April. Observers say the whales are members of ...

Artificial intelligence is listening to orca calls in real time and helping to reduce their exposure to underwater noise. The effort is focused on an endangered orca subspecies in the Salish Sea, off ...