PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking feedback on its draft Endangered Species Management Plan for Southern Resident Orcas. The agency presented its findings ...

The new baby, J64, arrived about a week after another calf in the pod was spotted dead in September. Researchers say only ...

The cable deployed in Haro Strait can be divided into what scientists call "virtual hydrophones" — discrete listening points ...

Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to ...

Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to ...

The J, K, and L pods make up the small population of Southern Resident killer whales that's left in the wild. The whales' ...

The endangered whales face multiple threats, from a lack of their primary food, chinook salmon, to underwater noise from vessels that makes it harder to hunt, as well as pollution and inbreeding.

The latest survey of endangered southern resident killer whales confirms their plateau and gradual slide toward disappearance ...

Efforts to save the Northwest’s endangered orcas are not working on either side of the U.S.-Canada border, according to an international panel of scientists. In a new report, the panel of 31 ...

Efforts to save the Northwest’s endangered orcas are not working on either side of the U.S.-Canada border, according to an international panel of scientists. In a new report, the panel of 31 ...

Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state has been seen carrying her dead newborn calf in an apparent effort to revive it. Researchers with the Center for Whale Research, SeaDoc Society and ...

The technology would also answer basic questions about orca behaviour that have eluded scientists, such as determining ...