LISTEN: Bigger, hotter wildfires are worsening air quality in the Northwest Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington environmental chemistry professor Dan Jaffe about why air quality in the Pacific Northwest has been... Kim Malcolm
Mama orca carries dead calf for third week As scientists searched Salish sea waters for the young, emaciated orca known as J50, they spotted her relative, still carrying her dead calf. Ruby de Luna
That pain you feel about orcas? The Lummi know it well Helping our relatives. That’s what Darrell Hillaire calls the project to offer salmon to the young whale known as J50. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
J50 has been found. Now biologists must figure out how to save this young orca J50 is alive. The emaciated, 3 1/2-year-old orca had seemingly gone missing over the weekend, leading some biologists to worry that she may have died.... Jill Jackson
Washington grapples with orca recovery plan Bill Radke talks to Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes and Dr. Deborah Giles, whale research biologist for the University of Washington's Center for... Sophie Reid
Biologists want to feed a starving orca. But she may be dead, or in Canada Boat crews were out again on Washington waters Tuesday looking for J50, the starving orca that’s part of the endangered Southern Resident killer whales... Paige Browning
Can Washington make a plan to save the orcas? In late July, an orca calf died within half an hour of its birth. The mother carried the dead calf on her head for more than a week . Now whale... Eilís O'Neill
'It's family,' say Lummi tribe members trying to save starving orca The effort to save a sick, starving orca named J50 is a personal mission for Aaron Hillaire and Malcolm Owings of the Lummi Tribe. “Hundreds and... Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
'No do-over' for orca task force grappling with Southern Resident pod Laura Blackmore of Puget Sound Partnership speaks with KUOW's Kim Malcolm about the task force kicking off on Tuesday to discuss the overall health of... Kim Malcolm
Reviewing our love/hate relationship with Seattle Is it fair to shoot sea lions for eating fish that we want orcas to eat? If we’re going to shoot the sea lions, are we ourselves willing to also stop eating Chinook salmon? Bill Radke