Washington state instated a law Jan. 1 requiring boaters to stay at least 1,000 feet away from orcas. The authors urge the ...

Efforts to save the Northwest’s endangered orcas are not working on either side of the U.S.-Canada border, according to an ...

"Urgent and bold action" is needed to save the endangered southern resident killer whales from extinction “before it’s too ...

A 13-day survey conducted in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) found a large variety of marine life living in the region, ...

I’ve been conducting raptor surveys by vehicle along Washington’s coastal beaches. Completed with a host of volunteers, the ...

When behavioural ecologist Michael Weiss spotted a Salish Sea orca holding a green object in its mouth, he chalked it up to ...

Rubbing against algae to slough off dead skin has been observed in other cetaceans, but never before with what can truly be ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is developing a plan to protect Southern Resident orcas, which were added to the ...

The Canadian government is redoubling its efforts to protect a critically endangered population of Southern Resident killer ...

Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...

From the entanglement of Shelagh, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, to the awe-inspiring appearance of the first blue whale of the season, these events have stunned onlookers and ...