Harbor porpoises, easily seen from shorelines around the Salish Sea, are telling an encouraging story of environmental ...

Every time we do a load of laundry, tiny fibers of polyester escape from our clothes and slip down the drain. These ...

Wednesday morning revealed some interesting news regarding our environment and the health of whale populations. According to the Pacific Whale Watch Association and other local research organizations, ...

The first humpback whale calf of the 2025 season has arrived back in Salish Sea waters, according to the Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA). The calf is believed to be the eighth calf of a whale ...

The first humpback whale of the 2026 season has been spotted just off Nanaimo, marking the start of the marine mammals' ...

Whales have been returning to the Salish Sea earlier than usual, according to a news release from researchers. The whale “Little Patch” is the first of the North Puget Sound Gray Whales, or “Sounders, ...

With the Salish Sea visible to the west, more than 200 people packed the Edmonds Waterfront Center auditorium March 12 to ...

Marine life researchers are tracking a mysterious pod of orcas recently spotted moving through the Salish Sea.

The soupfin shark (Galeorhinus galeus), also known as the tope shark, is a slender, medium-sized shark found in temperate and subtropical waters worldwide, including the eastern Pacific, Atlantic, and ...

All that glitters is not gold. Sometimes, it’s bioluminescent. Every summer, when dinoflagellate plankton bloom throughout the Salish Sea, water glows an electric blue-green. But there’s a critical ...

The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will present Renaissance Psalms, Irish Baroque and Folk at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s ...

Along the shores of the Salish Sea, textures are everywhere—seaweed tangled in the tide, stones worn smooth by water, the strange geometry of coral and barnacles. Those details are finding their way ...