Puget Sound orca pod threatened by salmon decline The orcas lurking beneath the surface of Washington state's Puget Sound are some of nature's most magnificent, imposing and endangered species.

The Chinook salmon that they mostly rely on, their population is crashing because of habitat destruction," said Roberts, the Puget Sound program director for Washington Conservation Action.

The Chinook salmon that they mostly rely on, their population is crashing because of habitat destruction," said Roberts, the Puget Sound program director for Washington Conservation Action.

Anglers are catching pink salmon from the shores of Allison Point in Valdez and are picking up silver salmon in Prince ...

Lurking beneath the surface of Washington's Puget Sound are some of nature's most magnificent and endangered species: orca whales. Unique to these waters and once thriving, there are now believed ...

Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

The Nisqually Department of Natural Resources monitors local zooplankton populations to understand the food webs supporting Puget Sound salmon.

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.

Washington state instated a law Jan. 1 requiring boaters to stay at least 1,000 feet away from orcas. The authors urge the Canadian government to adopt the same measure, plus recommend ways of ...