The orca calf belongs to a family of transient killer whales, or “Bigg’s” killer whales, and was first spotted in the Salish ...

A n endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf, in another sign ...

File photo of a blue whale off the coast of Bandon, Oregon. An analysis from the University of Washington finds that blue and ...

The Miami Seaquarium announced plans to relocate Lolita the orca in the next 18 to 24 months to an ocean sanctuary in the Pacific Northwest, near the waters where she was captured over 50 years ...

In 1995, Robert Small and Douglas DeMaster calculated annual survivorship rates (ASRs) in captive orcas and compared these results to the ASRs of wild orcas living in the Pacific Northwest of North ...

Why it matters: The calf's mother, 14-year-old Sedna, is the granddaughter of Wake, an orca that Munro was instrumental in ...

With names like “knobby rams-horn,” “masked duskysnail” and “Hoko vertigo,” Pacific Northwest mollusks may have an amusing image, but they’re also some of the most intriguing invertebrates in the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Wondering where the happiest places are in the Pacific Northwest — a region well-known for its gloomy weather? WalletHub may have an answer for you. WalletHub released ...

Some attendees also voiced worries that the expansion of timber production could severely impact endangered species in the Pacific Northwest. "I know a lot of us are really worried about the ...

Tom Lang, program manager for the nonprofit Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, said in a January presentation to the Washington State Transportation Commission, “We had a big opportunity to ...