Visit an under-the-radar Washington island to enjoy classic Pacific Northwest beauty, gorgeous beaches, and delicious local ...

The southern residents are the only population of marine mammals in the Salish Sea struggling to survive. All the great whales — humpbacks and grays and the other populations of orcas are doing ...

Just try visiting the San Juan Islands without provoking daydreams of running away to live among the orcas and farmstands.

A peachy-colored baby killer whale was seen bonding and socializing ... was filmed during a Feb. 17 encounter off San Juan Island in the Salish Sea, the Center for Whale Research said in a March ...

according to the Orca Behavior Institute. Even the more elusive humpback whale species is seeing population improvements. Once abundant in the Salish Sea, the species was hunted to near extinction ...