Puget Sound was a global kelp capital for millennia. If we work together, we can enlist the next generation of ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

Orcas, like humans, get baby bumps in the early months of pregnancy and grow larger as the pregnancy advances. Researchers ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water ...

Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded these vocalizations and ...

The legal action comes after Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault determined the waning population of southern resident killer whales faces imminent threat ...

A resurfaced recording of a beluga whale mimicking human speech has sparked renewed interest and mixed reactions. Additionally, a study documented an orca imitating words, hinting at the potential for ...

The video of the whale had people rethinking how they see the animal with some vowing to never go in the ocean ...

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Lynda V. Mapes, Tribune News Service The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths intermingle in a vast web of ...

Collisions with ships and underwater noise are two major concerns experts say are facing the endangered southern resident killer whale population. | Joan Lopez The southern resident killer whale ...