There are two species of killer whale found in the Salish Sea — they are Bigg’s killer whales, the marine mammal-eaters, and southern resident killer whales, that eat salmon. The two subspecies could ...

This is the first time pack-ice killer whale vocalizations have been recorded. Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and ...

SEATTLE —For more than a century, killer whales have been understood to be just one worldwide species, Orcinus orca, with many types. But now, after decades of work, scientists have determined the ...

In what’s becoming a less frequent — though still stunning — event, all three family groups of the region’s endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales recently visited the Puget Sound. Members of the ...

From the water, a high-pitched squeak calls out "hello" but the sound is not coming from a human, it's a whale. A team of international researchers have taught a female orca whale to imitate human ...

SEATTLE — Orca sightings around Puget Sound have been on the rise the last couple months, according to a whale expert. "The stars aligned, the planets aligned, everything in the universe just worked ...