SEATTLE — Federal biologists have temporarily stopped tagging endangered orcas in the Puget Sound after a dead orca was found with pieces of a dart tag lodged in its dorsal fin. Researchers use a dart ...

Whales have been returning to the Salish Sea earlier than usual, according to a news release from researchers. The whale “Little Patch” is the first of the North Puget Sound Gray Whales, or “Sounders, ...

With the beluga moving northward but still in Puget Sound, marine mammal response groups are coordinating their efforts in the event the whale needs help or sticks around. Mclean, the veterinary nurse ...

Washington’s Puget Sound is famously home to resident and transient orca pods. However, during their yearly migration, a small group of gray whales spends some time in the Sound on their way back to ...

SEATTLE — A beluga whale was seen in Puget Sound near Commencement Bay Thursday afternoon. It's the third time the beluga whale has been spotted in the region this week. Barbara Mahoney, a biologist ...

WHIDBEY ISLAND STATION, Wash. — Endangered Southern Resident orcas were seen in Puget Sound Saturday, the first whales to be see in the area since April. This was the first autumn sighting of the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For the first time, researchers at Oregon State University have documented two shark species that are new to the Puget Sound, including one critically endangered species.

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 ...

SEATTLE — For the first time in many years, the second largest animal in the world — the fin whale — was spotted near Minor Island in north Puget Sound. Whale watchers saw the animal on Thursday, KING ...

OLYMPIA, Wash — Oregon State University researchers made the scientific confirmation of two shark species previously undocumented in the Puget Sound: the broadnose sevengill shark and the critically ...

SEATTLE, Wash. — Seattle-based animal advocacy non-profit PAWS is hosting one of its most popular fundraisers as a virtual event once again because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The main event, ...

Whales have been returning to the Salish Sea earlier than usual, according to a news release from researchers. The whale “Little Patch” is the first of the North Puget Sound Gray Whales, or “Sounders, ...