"No one can say these facilities don't have an impact." State bans controversial industry with landmark ruling: 'I don't ...

The best places to see spring flowers in Seattle: The manicured gardens of Bloedel Reserve and the Washington Park Arboretum ...

A peachy orange baby killer whale was spotted bouncing and rolling in waters off Washington, a nonprofit said. A pod of the ...

Draft legislation would designate bull kelp in the Puget Sound as Washington’s official marine state forest.

SEATTLE — It’s official – it’s a girl! The Center for Whale Research confirmed Sunday that the new orca calf in the J pod, J62, is female.

We all need an occasional chance to focus on the untamed, and remind ourselves that we are a part of it. That might go double ...

Stroll the Edmonds Marina Boardwalk, a promenade alongside families, couples and speed walkers. On the way, you’ll notice ...

Researchers have confirmed the presence of a soupfin shark in the Salish Sea, an area where they were not previously thought ...

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

A welcome sight Thursday morning: Orcas in the Puget Sound. Experts say there’s one distinct thing people should know about these pods. They’re killer Biggs, not the endangered Southern Resident Orcas ...

In recent weeks, some northern resident orcas have been spotted swimming just 25 miles north of the Washington state border in Howe Sound, immediately north of urban Vancouver, B.C. “This family ...

The endangered southern resident killer whales that visit Puget Sound were listed for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act 20 years ago this year. Yet today, there are even fewer ...