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While it hasn't happened in recent memory, there used to be enough fish for the Southern Residents to stay in the Puget Sound for weeks at a time in summer and fall.

Submitted by the Orca Behavior Institute.

An oil spill off the west coast of San Juan island caused a lot of concern, but experts wonder whether the Salish Sea is ready for a big spill as traffic increases.

Divers are back in the water near San Juan Island two weeks after a ship sank, putting wildlife at-risk due to an oil spill.

An oil spill that began on Saturday reached a new phase on Monday, and divers were able to begin a plan to plug and recover any remaining oil that went down with the Aleutian Isle, a 49-foot vessel that sank off the west side of San Juan Island.

It’s been nearly 36 hours since a fishing vessel sank off the west side of San Juan Island, and the fallout is still causing some concern.

It's estimated the young calf is only a few months old, and its future is still up in the air.

2021 was a great year for killer whales in BC, as a record was smashed for unique sightings that were reported.

  VICTORIA -- Southern resident killer whales made a splash off the coast of B.C. in the Haro Strait on Tuesday evening. It was the first major sighting of the endangered orcas in quite some time. "A pretty amazing moment actually, because the fog had really moved in, in the late afternoon, and we started hearing vocalizations of the killer whales over the Lime Kiln Hydrophone," said Monika Shields, director of the Orca Behavior Institute. "And shortly after that the fog cleared right as t...

Where are the resident orca whales in WA? Researchers mark 100 days without J-pod in the Salish Sea by Callie Craighead, SeattlePI Washingtons whale watchers used to be able to observe the states three resident orca pods on a near daily basis in the Salish Sea during the peak spring and summer months. But now, the resident whales are becoming an increasingly rare sight. One of the resident orca pods, the J-pod, havent been documented in the Salish Sea for over 100 days. While t...