Looking for a place to experience majestic, enormous orca whales in Washington? The Salish Sea is an intricate network of ...

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 whale “Little Patch” is the first of the North Puget Sound Gray Whales, or “Sounders,” to return to the Salish Sea, as reported by the Orca Network and Cascadia Research Collective.

Animals 'Don't touch them and give them space': Seal pupping season underway in Puget Sound More harbor seal pups or expecting mother seals may be on beaches or docks, but it does not mean they're ...

SEATTLE — Southern Resident killer whales, a critically endangered population that frequents the Puget Sound during the summer and fall, have a more varied diet than previously believed ...

A closer look revealed it was a species that had never been documented in Puget Sound: a broadnose sevengill shark. Sevengills are among the most ancient of sharks, dating back to the Jurassic ...

Last year and in 2022, the scientists caught nine sevengills in South Puget Sound, near Olympia, Schulte said. Eight of them were male, measuring under 7 feet and the female was about 4 1/2 feet long.

Southern Resident orcas mainly feast on Chum salmon in Puget Sound around fall and early winter, whale experts say. To stream KING 5 on your phone, you need the KING 5 app. Download the KING 5 app ...