February 17, 2021 By Lynda V. Mapes The Seattle Times
A new baby has been born to the L pod family of southern resident killer whales, scientists reported.
New Orca Baby Born to Southern Resident L Pod
Gray Whales Learn Daring Feeding Strategy in Puget Sound: Digging for Ghost Shrimp at High Tide
February 16, 2021 By Lynda V. Mapes The Seattle Times
Every spring, a small group of about a dozen gray whales pauses along an epic migration from calving lagoons in Baja California to their feeding grounds in the Arctic. They travel more than 170 miles off their coastal migration route, to stop off in northern Puget Sound. There, they linger from about March through May.
Whale Songs Could Reveal Deep Secrets Beneath the Oceans
February 11, 2021 By Robin George Andrews The New York Times
The aquatic mammals’ sound waves penetrate into the rocks under the waves, which could assist seismologists’ surveys.
The Environmental Threat You’ve Never Heard Of
February 10, 2021 By Doug Johnson Hakai Magazine
Coastal waters around the world are steadily growing darker. This darkening—a change in the color and clarity of the water—has the potential to cause huge problems for the ocean and its inhabitants.
Much of America’s Seafood Comes Through This City. Here’s How it Controlled COVID-19.
February 8, 2021 By Julia Sklar National Geographic
In New Bedford, Massachusetts, where the William Lee docks, scalloping season begins in April. But in 2020, that aligned tragically with something else arriving on U.S. shores: a deadly pandemic.