When a trio of killer whales surfaced in Vancouver Harbour in early spring 2026, local whale watchers assumed they were Bigg’s transients, the marine-mammal-hunting orcas that have become an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daniel Walsh Three unknown orcas have been spotted in Vancouver Harbour and more recently near Seattle, sparking the excitement of ...

This story was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal. Second of three parts.

SEATTLE — Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in four oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop relationships with humans, researchers have found. In each of the ...

The Seattle Times’ Climate Lab explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by the Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte ...

The killer whales of the Salish Sea, off the coast of British Columbia and Washington State, are perhaps the most well-studied marine mammals in the world. For over 50 years, researchers have taken ...