The documentary tells the story of the last southern resident killer whale held in captivity, and the efforts of two Lummi women to bring the orca home to a net pen sanctuary.

Researchers detail a life full of tragedy and hardship, adding that Ocean Sun should’ve died years ago, but she persevered.

Lynda V. Mapes, Tribune News Service The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths ...

The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths intermingle in a vast web of ecosystems and ...

The month of December brought the endangered Southern Resident killer whales sadness and joy.

In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...

The decision was informed by overwhelming public support, with over 80% of public comments submitted in favor of the ...

This week, mother orca Tahlequah may ... which is upending ocean food webs, depleting summer stream flows and warming stream temperatures. Those factors hurt salmon survival—and when salmon ...

“We see this as a victory for our wild salmon ... food webs via organic carbon and dissolved nitrogen, and the Washington Department of Fisheries adequately prevents the spread of disease. Public ...

labour opposition Young said an independent environmental assessment found the project would cause significant harm to the southern resident killer whales and chinook salmon, yet cabinet still ...

A legal challenge claiming the planned expansion of Canada’s largest port would threaten endangered southern resident killer whales has been ... for juvenile chinook salmon, the preferred ...