Regarding Stan Walker’s Dec. 9 letter to the editor, suggesting Southern Resident orcas be taught to eat sea lions, the 74 remaining endangered Southern Resident killer whales are strictly fish eaters. They do not eat any marine mammals such as seals or ...

Politicians and wildlife managers are engaged in a fresh debate about whether to intervene in nature to save an imperiled species. The question is whether humans can get seals and sea lions to lay off Chinook salmon so there's more for killer whales to eat.

Researchers captured the novel behavior on video in the Gulf of California, recording three separate takedowns across two hunts carried out by members of the Moctezuma pod

THE ORCA TASK force overseen by Gov. Jay Inslee to come up with suggestions to improve conditions for the 75 Southern Resident orca whales in the waters of the Salish Sea, Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca met Tuesday. Nearly 50 members of the ...

Seal and sea lion populations rebounded during the past 40 years, and now the protected animals snack on millions of Chinook salmon throughout the West each year, potentially eating into any progress from conservation projects. That's one major takeaway ...