Southern resident orcas are large and at the top of the food chain. The orcas are native to the Pacific Northwest with their ...
A critically endangered species of whale is getting smaller and smaller thanks to climate change. These shrinking giants are North Atlantic right whales, of which there are only an estimated 356 ...
A 46-foot-long endangered fin whale was found dead on a beach in Oregon this week, according to CBS News. NOAA Fisheries West Coast conducted an investigation and found that the whale was not ...
The death of an endangered whale that washed up on a beach on Martha's Vineyard may have been linked to it getting tangled up in fishing gear. The North Atlantic right whale was discovered on ...
PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — A petition to list the Southern Resident killer whale as endangered was accepted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday. With a population of ...
The study found no evidence of inbreeding, which is good news for the potential recovery of subspecies and populations. However, challenges remain for this endangered species.
The wild population of Mexican gray wolves in the southwestern U.S. is still growing, but environmental groups are warning that inbreeding and the resulting genetic crisis within the endangered ...
Mar. 15, 2024 — Researchers believe a group of killer whales observed hunting marine mammals including sperm whales, as well as a sea turtle, in the open ocean off California and Oregon could be ...
SEATTLE— Responding to legal pressure from the Center for Biological Diversity, the federal government finalized a new rule today expanding critical habitat protection along the West Coast for ...
In the race to save Puget Sound’s starving southern resident killer whale population — down to 73 members among three pods — researchers and policymakers have pitched a broad assortment of ...
Orcas evolved from a small deer-like species that roamed the earth more than 50 million years ago. They are among the most formidable animals in the ocean — pack-hunting creatures that feed on ...