For the first time in more than 50 years, a pod of killer whales has been spotted swimming in a notorious part of Washington's Puget Sound. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's called Penn Cove, and it's known ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new baby orca born to J Pod is a ray of hope for the endangered southern resident killer whales. J63 was spotted by Mark Malleson, field biologist for the Center for Whale Research, on April 6. J ...

Two Bigg’s killer whales play in the waters of the Puget Sound. Melisa Pinnow, San Juan Excursions Both are setting records this year, but in opposite ways. Keeping up with a decade-long trend, Bigg’s ...