orcas

There has been an extraordinary federal-local-tribal effort aimed at nursing the killer whale known as J50 back to health. But is it far enough?Seattle…

Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington fisheries science professor Ray Hilborn about whether boycotting chinook salmon will help the recovery of…

Scientists have taken an unprecedented step to save one of the Salish Sea’s 75 endangered orcas: They tried to feed her in the wild.On board a Lummi…

Bill Radke talks about our anthropomorphizing of the grieving mother orca, Tahlequah, and what it tells us about how humans think about mothering and…

A grieving mother orca has finally let her dead calf go, ending her "tour of grief."J35, also known as Tahlequah, was seen Saturday off San Juan Island…

An extraordinary effort to feed a sick, young orca got underway Friday morning in the waters west of Bellingham.Crews loaded 24 live chinook salmon into…

As scientists searched Salish sea waters for the young, emaciated orca known as J50, they spotted her relative, still carrying her dead calf.The relative…

Helping our relatives. That’s what Darrell Hillaire calls the project to offer salmon to the young whale known as J50.Hillaire is a member of the Lummi…

J50 is alive.The emaciated, 3 1/2-year-old orca had seemingly gone missing over the weekend, leading some biologists to worry that she may have died.Plans…

Bill Radke talks to Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes and Dr. Deborah Giles, whale research biologist for the University of Washington's Center for…