SALISH SEA, Wash. - The Salish Sea has welcomed its first North Puget Sound gray whale of the season, as 'Little Patch' made an early return. Just last week, a humpback whale breached in front 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.

A killer whale in the Salish Sea is observed harassing a porpoise, a behavior that has long perplexed scientists. A study from Wild Orca and UC Davis' SeaDoc Society investigate what may be behind it.