SEATTLE — Federal biologists have temporarily stopped tagging endangered orcas in the Puget Sound after a dead orca was found with pieces of a dart tag lodged in its dorsal fin. Researchers use a dart ...

Whales have been returning to the Salish Sea earlier than usual, according to a news release from researchers. The whale “Little Patch” is the first of the North Puget Sound Gray Whales, or “Sounders, ...

Scientists have documented two species of shark in Puget Sound for the first time. The two discoveries, each newly published in the journal "Frontiers in Marine Science," began when a recreational ...

Whale researchers on Saturday spotted orcas that are part of the endangered Southern Resident pod. They’re back in Puget Sound, for the first time since April. Observers say the whales are members of ...

For the first time, a number of broadnose sevengill sharks and at least one critically endangered soupfin shark are calling south Puget Sound home. Researchers from Oregon State University recently ...

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 critically ...

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 ...

Oregon State University researchers recently confirmed the presence of the broadnose sevengill and endangered soupfin shark in the Puget Sound region. (Courtesy: Jessica Schulte) PUGET SOUND, Wash. — ...