Puget Sound was a global kelp capital for millennia. If we work together, we can enlist the next generation of ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

A welcome sight Thursday morning: Orcas in the Puget Sound. Experts say there’s one distinct thing people should know about ...

Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded these vocalizations and ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.

The endangered southern resident killer whales that visit Puget Sound were listed for protection under the federal Endangered ...

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

for killer whales to hear," Branch said. The research shows that under the sea there is a sound landscape governed by fear, with some whale species choosing to sing their songs to their ...