Miami’s stripey pink and yellow beach parasols dwindled as our ship sailed into the sunset, and the lifeguards’ huts shrank to colourful confetti specks on the sand. A deep-water kayaker gave us a ...

An orca calf less than 24 hours old has been spotted in a rare sighting of a newborn killer whale in Western Australia. The animals are regularly seen off Bremer Bay in summer, but calves are ...

Orcas have no natural predators. They sit at the top of the marine food chain, hunting sharks, seals, and even whales, making them one of the ocean’s deadliest creatures. Orcas hunt great white ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte ...

Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for at least 11 days. Tahlequah is the orca whose story shocked the world ...

NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least 11 days. Tahlequah (who is also known as her alpha-numeric designation, J35) previously made ...

The Trump administration recently passed the Laken Riley Act, announcing plans to open a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold thousands of migrants living in the U.S. Trump signed a ...

While fishing off the coast of Honduras in 2023, a group of anglers stumbled upon a rare sight: a pod of orcas hunting down ... were sailing off Honduras' Bay Islands—about 30 miles from the ...

Amid the devastation of downtown Pacific Palisades caused by this week’s firestorm, the Bay Theater has emerged relatively unscathed. While nearby buildings were reduced to ash, developer Rick ...