The first North Puget Sound gray whale, known as a “Sounder,” has appeared early in the Salish Sea this season. Cascadia Research and Orca Network confirmed that Little Patch (CRC-53), a well-known ...

Little Patch is pictured. He’s a part of the North Puget Sound gray whales. A beloved whale ditched his migration to Mexico and went to Washington’s Puget Sound months early to snack on shrimp, a ...

EVERETT, Wash. -- Whale watchers aboard an Island Adventures Tour Boat were treated to close up views of six different Gray Whales feeding off Everett this morning. It's turning into a banner year for ...

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, ...

The season’s first North Puget Sound gray whale, or “Sounder,” has been spotted in the Salish Sea earlier than usual, according to a recent news release from Orca Network and Cascadia Research. The ...

Grays endure an epic roundtrip journey of 10,000 miles or more, and California holds a prime seat through May. Along with ...

Beaked whales spend most of their time swimming in dark depths, and as they become vulnerable to extinction, this study ...

Nickum is a Bainbridge Island resident who has written three other children’s books, including a nonfiction book for middle-grade readers about the southern resident orcas, another charismatic group ...

The gray whale found dead under Colman Dock Jan. 21 was likely killed by the propeller on a commercial vessel. “It was a large propeller, and that’s the best we could estimate,” said Jessie Huggins, ...