Environmentalists see key window of opportunity to help Orcas survive Will politicians act to help the Orcas? Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
More tankers in orca waters as oil exports to China increase It’s meant a jump in tanker traffic in Washington waters – and more risk of oil spills, though fewer tankers ply our waters now than a decade ago. John Ryan
Trans Mountain expansion all but approved, despite indigenous opposition Friday, Canadian regulators endorsed the long-fought oil pipeline, which would bring more oil vessels through Washington state. Paige Browning
Homeowners keep building walls around Puget Sound. Biologists are taking out more Two years in a row, more walls have come down around Puget Sound than have gone up. John Ryan
VIDEO: Puget Sound's new bouncing baby orca We're getting our first look at the new orca calf recently born to the L pod. Angela King
And baby makes 75: newborn orca boosts endangered whale population Whale researchers spotted a baby orca swimming energetically with its mother west of San Juan Island on Friday. John Ryan
Electric ferries are cleaner and quieter. For orcas, that might not be enough Gov. Jay Inslee wants the state legislature to pay for two new electric ferries this year and to convert two others. John Ryan
Sea lion shootings: Federal crime or legal response to annoying animal? “Every dead animal really has a story to tell us," she said, standing over the 800-pound carcass. John Ryan
