Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

Lurking beneath the surface of Washington's Puget Sound are some of nature's most magnificent and endangered species: orca ...

The smallest of the five species of salmon that migrate ... but the 2009 run which includes just under 5 million pinks into Puget Sound fisheries that lie within easy reach of a metro ...

Moon jellies, a species of jellyfish living in the Puget Sound, appear to be able to consume large portions of zooplankton which are a food source for young salmon. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

“A lot of contaminants end up in the sediment. We want a species that is living there and feeding in the sediments," West explained. “In the sediments, the contaminant loads in Puget Sound are ...

Despite being listed as a threatened species 20 years ago, the prospects of Puget Sound chinook remain unimproved. ... Puget Sound’s orcas and king salmon, were back in their home waters.

Puget Sound was a global kelp capital for millennia. If we work together, we can enlist the next generation of conservationists to jumpstart the recovery of kelp, salmon, and orca.

In the Puget Sound, chinook and steelhead populations are listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. Both are still categorized as “in crisis,” which they have been in since being listed ...

In 2021, about 3.7 million pink salmon returned to Puget Sound. "Pink salmon tend to swim in high-density aggregations, sort of at the shoreline, so they are a bit easier for folks to observe.

Commercial salmon farming began in Puget Sound about 35 years ago. Atlantic salmon – the most commonly farmed type of salmon worldwide – was most Washington farmers’ pick. Facebook ...