Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to ...

As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of ...

The technology would allow researchers to detect the sounds of orcas and other mammals with high-frequency vocalizations ...

The stakes are high. The Southern Resident orcas are endangered and face a triple threat: underwater noise pollution, toxic ...

UNDATED (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Scientists discovered that a pod of orcas have developed a new method for killing whale sharks, the world's largest fish. Scientists have believed that killer whales, or ...

The endangered whales face multiple threats, from a lack of their primary food, chinook salmon, to underwater noise from vessels that makes it harder to hunt, as well as pollution and inbreeding.

New study links shipping noise pollution to higher mortality, lower birth rates for killer whales, but offers market solutions to address it.

A massive orca attacked a SeaWorld trainer, dragging him underwater twice for lengthy periods as hundreds of horrified spectators watched in terror. The life ...

Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers -- offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective ...

The technology would also answer basic questions about orca behaviour that have eluded scientists, such as determining ...