Many of the orcas captured and sent to marine theme parks in the 1960s and 1970s came from the Pacific Northwest. An incident 50 years ago this month changed that. A staffer in then-Washington ...

You can hop on a bus from the ferry to Eastsound, Doe Bay or Deer Harbor. • Kids can get to activities independently. • ...

The rule change would increase the distance boats must keep from the endangered orcas to 1,000 metres from the current 400.

San Juan County Council will hold its regularly scheduled March 24 meeting on Orcas Island. The public is invited to join the ...

On March 6, three orcas showed up in Canada’s Vancouver Harbour, later heading south to Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia, that ...

Washington state has become well known for its picturesque views of mountains, forests, and islands. This beauty has seeped ...

A March 23 evening meeting will go over a proposal to open select areas of two preserves on Orcas Island to state and tribal ...

When OPALCO, the Orcas Power & Light Cooperative, announced plans for a second solar farm on Decatur Island, it reignited a ...

The public is invited to join the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and ...

The warming world has disrupted the timing for plant and animal reproduction, and it's usually bad news for species that depend on each other — like flowers blooming too early and pollinating bees ...

More than 30 years after guarding the beaches of Los Angeles County, Pamela Anderson is still watching the bay. At her home ...

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