Experts say there’s one distinct thing people should know about these pods. They’re killer Biggs, not the endangered Southern ...

Today, there are only 73 southern resident orcas left, fewer than when they were listed for protection, and their risk of ...

Orcas, like humans, get baby bumps in the early months of pregnancy and grow larger as the pregnancy advances. Researchers ...

Kaleidoscope Preschool and Childcare Center of Orcas Island was recently the first data collection site for Washington State University researchers studying the effects of outdoor playtime on ...

This makes Washington state the first place in the world to successfully implement a ban on all new commercial net pens, and ...

The Orcas Island Community Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the application period for the spring GiveOrcas ...

Unlike Biggs orcas that prey primarily on ... programs — not the least of which being the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program — the state has been spending tens of millions a year ...

This is why we loudly, proudly and unflinchingly offer our support to queer youth. Hosting and facilitating LGBTQ+-friendly clubs and events does more than tell queer youth we love and accept them — ...

Winter weather returns to western Washington this weekend with heavy ... near the south end of Whidbey Island. Another calf was born into the J pod, J62 about the same time, around Christmas.

Orcas have a taste for shark liver and prey on great ... An orca known as J35, foreground, swims with others near San Juan Island in US’ Washington state on Aug. 11, 2018. Photo: Ken Balcomb, Center ...

Washington State Department of Natural Resources AP file Following the failure of the net pen near Cypress Island, legislation ... endangered Southern Resident orcas and the native salmon they ...