After nearly three decades as a Seattle Times reporter, Lynda V. Mapes shares highlights from her coverage of the environment ...

From the Southern Resident killer whales to harbor seals and sea lions, these animals reflect the health of the Puget Sound and the broader Pacific coast. Yet, they face mounting threats; from climate ...

The winner comes after five weks, 500,000 votes, and a semifinal win against B.C.'s official tree, a quarterfinal win against the official mammal, and a round of 16 victory over the official bird.

Scientists from NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and other institutions found that between 1999 and 2022, the population of protected dolphins — known as “false killer whales” — shrunk ...

No, the TikTok video showing a trainer named Jessica Radcliffe dying in the mouth of an orca killer whale is not real. It ...

Two Washington agencies are proposing to dial the oil spill prevention rules for tankers and tank barges up a notch in the ...

Scientists from Stockholm University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with partners in Greenland ...

A new report finds that efforts to protect the dolphins are not working. Experts blame both fishing vessels and NOAA.

If you do not know the story of Old Thom, you need to read about the only orca in North American waters - currently in ...

An orca was recently spotted swimming with a pod of dolphins off the coast of Massachusetts in a rare killer whale encounter ...

In 1964, Moby Doll — a male killer whale named after Herman Melville’s elusive white humpback — was captured off the coast of ...

A local celebrity recently surfaced for the first time this summer: Old Thom the Orca.Old Thom was spotted off Stellwagen Bank National Marine National Marine<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...