Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.

Scientists say it's too early to tell how the migratory season will end up for gray whales as they begin to head north toward ...

an indigenous language spoken in the Canadian Arctic. The baby orca is pictured. What to know about Bigg’s killer whales West Coast Bigg’s killer whales — also called Transients — are apex ...

On the way, they have to dodge ships, avoid entanglement with fishing gear, and evade orcas, or killer whales, which prey on the young grays. But along with those hazards, the whales have had to ...

This migration route exposes the mammals to numerous threats, including busy shipping lanes, abandoned fishing gear, killer ... in the whales and similar adverse effects noted in other Arctic ...

Eastern North Pacific gray whales cruise the Pacific coastline every year as they migrate 6,000 miles north from the Baja peninsula to their summer feeding grounds in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.

She’s 14 years old, and her name means “mother of the sea” in Inuktitut, an indigenous language spoken in the Canadian Arctic. West Coast Bigg’s killer whales — also called Transients ...