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

I was boating out near Bowyer Island in Howe Sound. I saw some whale watching boats, and so I went over to see what was happening. I then from a distance saw some Killer Whales! We watched from a ...

In 2018, scientists recorded the first known instance of an orca imitating the noises of a human, including, but not limited to, fart sounds. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign ...

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Southern Resident killer whales in the Salish Sea. Photo taken under NOAA Fisheries Permit #781-1824 Photo: Candice Emmons/NOAA Northwest Fisheries ...

An underwater hydrophone at Bush Point on Whidbey Island is transmitting the noise beneath the surface of Puget Sound right now. Scientists installed it to pick up sounds from the Southern Resident ...

When three killer whales struck the Lady L, Heath Samples thought a tanker had collided with his yacht, as everyone on board was knocked off their feet. After the orcas repeatedly buffeted the yacht, ...

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 ...