Transient killer whales — including a calf — were spotted swimming out of the Yaquina River. Photographer Jaklyn Larsen has ...

Other killer whales feed on fish, octopus and marine mammals, but the diet of Southern Resident whales is almost entirely salmon. They are an endangered population, with just 72 orcas in all three ...

The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington's Puget Sound last ... a key component of their diet, as well as increasing pollution and boat disturbances in the Salish Sea, which encompasses ...