NOAA

Surprise and wonder and sometimes shock. That’s how local whale expert Susan Berta says she feels about seeing a beluga exploring Puget Sound. She is part of a team helping federal authorities understand why this unusual visitor is here.

Federal scientists say a gray whale that might have developed complications from a satellite tag appears to be doing OK. It was tagged by NOAA Fisheries…

For more than a decade, Brad Hanson and other researchers have tailed the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales in a hard-sided inflatable boat,…

Chinook salmon – the Northwest’s largest and most iconic fish species – are shrinking.Researchers have documented that adult kings returning from the…

They're life-jacket orange, they're robots and they're capable of sailing the high seas without human intervention. On Tuesday the National Oceanic and...

As hurricane season begins, there are concerns that FEMA, the federal agency in charge of dealing with disasters, may be less prepared than usual and hampered by proposed budget cuts.

The official outlook for neutral or even weak La Niña winter weather means a likelihood of cooler and wetter conditions in Western Washington. That’s good…

Federal biologists have indefinitely suspended a satellite tagging program to track endangered orca whales. The move comes after an expert panel concluded…

What are your plans for getting outdoors this spring? Do they involve a beach? If so, a growing group of coastal-cleanup volunteers wants your help. The…

It’s one of the more dramatic-sounding aspects of climate change: as carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases speed up global warming, sea levels are…