J2, aka "Granny," is on the right, in a photo taken by drone in September. She's about to catch that salmon and feed it to J45, whose mother had just died. Granny herself went missing in October.

SEATTLE — A new addition to the endangered southern resident killer whale population has been spotted in Puget Sound, bringing cautious optimism to researchers, according to The Center for Whale ...

SEATTLE — A new J-Pod orca calf was spotted last week in the Puget Sound, less than two weeks after a mother carried her dead baby near the San Juan Islands. In a Facebook post, the Orca Behavior ...