As Washington grapples with gray whale mortalities, Vashon Island turns one whale’s death into a story of celebration, conservation and awe.

Orca Action Month, started by Orca Network, was created to bring together researchers, advocates and a growing community of orca lovers to raise awareness about the threats facing Southern Resident or...

As Vancouver and Seattle showcase orcas with branding ahead of FIFA World Cup matches, we must also show we're serious about protecting them

Green tags affixed to Dungeness crab are an invitation for harvesters in Puget Sound to participate in a region-wide tracking project to learn about crab migration. The Suquamish Tribe and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) teamed up in September 2025 to collect and tag 555 legal-sized male Dungeness crab in mid-Puget Sound so they can learn more about adult crab movement behavior, said Viviane Barry, the tribe’s shellfish program manager.

Ottawa’s decision to phase out open-net salmon farms in B.C.’s Discovery Islands has once again been upheld after the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge from a local fish farm operator.

Ottawa says it remains committed to hitting its next conservation milestone even as it races to expand critical minerals production

Environmental science is good at problem identification. But once we have identified a problem how we do move toward making positive change and detecting that change in noisy systems? Solutions thinki...

Egg yolk jelly (Wikipedia) Egg yolk jelly P hacellophora camtschatica Egg yolk jellies live in temperate waters in the pelagic zone, som...

Cross-border travel has plummeted in President Trump’s trade war. Efforts for cross-cultural connections can make a powerful statement.

Fishing gear removed from an entangled humpback whale thanks to a rapid response by trained entanglement responders & a newly established cross-border protocol.

Despite being one of the eight most endangered species on the Endangered Species List and one of the most studied populations of animals on the planet, the Southern Resident killer whales continue to ...

Despite being one of the eight most endangered species on the Endangered Species List and one of the most studied populations of animals on the planet, the Southern Resident killer whales continue to ...

Join us Thursday, October 9 for "Secrets of the Harbor Porpoise" with Dr. Cindy Elliser hosted by Annie Crawley

Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”

Join us Thursday, October 9 for "Secrets of the Harbor Porpoise" with Dr. Cindy Elliser hosted by Annie Crawley

New report prompts conversations about how to create Salish Sea-wide protections

Bear-grass [Barbara Mumblo]   Bear-grass Xerophyllum tenax Bear-grass is in the Liliaceae (lily family) which contains 478 species in ...

The Snuneywuxw First Nation on Vancouver Island's Quiet Vessel Initiative aims to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales by collecting acoustic data in a five-kilometre stretch regularly c...

Q&A TO FOLLOW THE FILMS Join us for a screening of three short documentary films from Original Pursuit and Plumb Productions, about two iconic, threatened species of the Pacific Northwest: the Sou...