/tags/orcas orcas en-US Copyright Sun, 02 Jun 2024 14:19:50 GMT /science-technology/2024-06-02/pacific-northwest-orca-discovery-cleaning-up-pesticides-and-a-new-path-to-parenthood-for-same-sex-couples Five of the top illuminating, inspiring and just plain cool Pacific Northwest science stories from “All Science. No Fiction.” Sun, 02 Jun 2024 14:19:50 GMT /science-technology/2024-06-02/pacific-northwest-orca-discovery-cleaning-up-pesticides-and-a-new-path-to-parenthood-for-same-sex-couples Jes Burns /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-12-12/captains-of-big-ships-eased-up-on-the-throttle-during-trial-slowdown-to-help-endangered-orca-whales The majority of captains of big commercial ships entering and leaving Puget Sound are cooperating with a request to slow down temporarily to reduce underwater noise impacts to the Pacific Northwest's critically endangered killer whales. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:40:41 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-12-12/captains-of-big-ships-eased-up-on-the-throttle-during-trial-slowdown-to-help-endangered-orca-whales Tom Banse /environment-energy-and-transportation/2020-12-11/humans-cause-more-orca-deaths-than-previously-understood-study A new report finds the decline in resident killer whale populations along the West Coast is due not only to various long-term human influences, but to direct human-caused harm, as well. Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:24:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2020-12-11/humans-cause-more-orca-deaths-than-previously-understood-study Liam Moriarty /environment-energy-and-transportation/2018-10-10/can-genome-sequencing-help-northwest-orcas-recover This summer, an orca known as J-35 made national headlines while carrying the body of her dead calf for 17 days in the waters of the Salish Sea.Her loss… Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:20:35 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2018-10-10/can-genome-sequencing-help-northwest-orcas-recover Kate Davidson