KUOW Newsroom Orcultural exchange: Orcas briefly visit Salish Sea after long absence The Orca Behavior Institute says at least 50 whales from the J, K and L pods were seen heading south toward Eagle Point. But one is now presumed dead.
The town that broke Canada’s heat record has burned to the ground Washington state might feel the effects of British Columbia’s crushing heat and fires in the water as well as in the air.
Look! It's a bouncing baby orca in Puget Sound At eight and a half feet long, it’s not your average baby.
Where there’s a whale, there’s a way. Keeping field science going in a pandemic Whale researchers reengineer their work to keep critical science going despite the life-or-death need for humans to avoid each other.
Seattle Now Seattle Now: Baby orca! It's been a tough week, but there's at least one piece of news to celebrate: Orca mom J35, or Tahlequah, had her calf.
KUOW Newsroom Rare treat: endangered orcas return to home waters in search of scarce salmon After six weeks away from its usual summer splashing grounds, the southern resident killer whales’ J pod returned en masse to the west side of San Juan Island Tuesday morning.
KUOW Newsroom Pandemic cabin fever + boat sales = harassed orcas Off the west side of San Juan Island, Deborah Giles grabbed her boat’s bright yellow research flag and started waving it at a small boat chopping through the waves.
KUOW Newsroom Ping! Orcas threatened by sonar plan, Inslee and enviros tell Navy Battleships and orcas both use sound to hunt, which makes Navy sonar a problem for the sleek black-and-white predators.
Seattle Now Seattle Now: Baby orca? The orca called Tahlequah brought new attention to the threats facing killer whales when she carried the body of her calf for more than two weeks. Now she's pregnant again, and the world is crossing its fingers for a new baby.
