"Big Mama" and her eighth calf have migrated back to PNW waters! They were recently spotted near San Juan Islands.

Whale watchers spotted a new whale calf Wednesday afternoon, in Haro Strait, between Canada’s Sidney Island and Washington ...

“She was first seen off Victoria in 1997, and was one of the first humpbacks to return to the Salish Sea after the end of ...

Spotted on May 21 by members of the Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) northeast of Sidney Island in the Haro Strait, the ...

Big Momma and her calf were spotted Wednesday in Haro Strait, northeast of Sidney Island, followed by several more sightings the next day. The calf, Gless estimates, is four or five months old, and ...

The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted swimming in the Salish Sea off Washington, photos show. Big Mama ...

As a qathet region mariner, Matt?Emig does not rev his ex?military Zodiac to chase the quick thrill of a humpback photo?op.

And, of course, none had visited the Salish Sea in decades before that. Today, Gless said there are probably about 25,000 humpbacks in the North Pacific, with about 400 or so coming to the Salish ...

Erin Gless, executive director of the Pacific Whale Watch Association, joins Good Day Seattle to celebrate the first humpback whale calf of 2025. Famous whale 'Big Mama' has brought her eighth child ...

The baby, which is thought to be between four to five months old, was seen in the Haro Strait north of San Juan Island on Wednesday and again on Thursday. The calf was seen alongside its mother ...

At the beginning of 2025, a new tragedy struck the Pacific Northwest’s endangered Southern Resident orca population. Tahlequah, a mother orca known scientifically as J35, made national headlines for c ...