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.

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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 ...

The orcas lurking beneath the surface of Washington state's Puget Sound are some of nature's most magnificent, imposing and endangered species. Stefanie Stockwell and Mindy Roberts, both longtime ...

OLYMPIA, Wash — Oregon State University researchers made the scientific confirmation of two shark species previously undocumented in the Puget Sound: the broadnose sevengill shark and the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For the first time, researchers at Oregon State University have documented two shark species that are new to the Puget Sound, including one critically endangered species ...

In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has observers wondering if the trend has returned.

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 copepods and krill, tiny crustaceans and shrimp, incredibly are key nutrition for the biggest animals in Puget Sound, gray whales and humpbacks with baleen plates in their gaping mouths made ...

Animals Oregon researchers document 2 shark species for first time in Puget Sound. Researchers discovered broadnose sevengill shark and the critically endangered soupfin shark near Olympia.