Besides dams, pollution and vessel noise, already identified as threats to the Northwest Pacific killer whales, scientists determined that pink salmon is also endangering the orcas. Four salmon researchers made this finding after... Read more »
There is a new alarming study out now which speaks of how a group of industrial chemicals which were banned by people decades ago are linked to the cause of the decrease... Read more »
A sick killer whale calf spotted by scientists who have been struggling to treat since August has now died. The head of the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island in... Read more »
Parts of the West Coast have been closed, as the federal officials are trying to protect the threatened orca population. Starting with 1 June, parts of Juan De Fuca Strait, the mouth... Read more »