The cable deployed in Haro Strait can be divided into what scientists call "virtual hydrophones" — discrete listening points ...

The stakes are high. The Southern Resident orcas are endangered and face a triple threat: underwater noise pollution, toxic ...

The technology would allow researchers to detect the sounds of orcas and other mammals with high-frequency vocalizations ...

While orcas, also known as "killer whales," are a common sight in the northeast Pacific Ocean, they’re rarely detected in the ...

As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of ...

Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to ...

The latest survey of endangered southern resident killer whales confirms their plateau and gradual slide toward disappearance ...

Their clicks and calls operate at high frequencies at which the technology hasn’t yet been tested. Scientists recently ...

Government plan to hand out full licences after two quiet years off the road is a shortcut that risks putting untested ...

Orcas sank yet another yacht as Portuguese Air Force saved the stranded family of five off the coast of Portugal (Picture: ...

That may be the strategy behind a fascinating new analysis of the impact giant merchant ships have on killer whale populations. It is a proposal written by M. Scott Taylor and published by the ...