Orca whales swam off the shore of a Seattle neighborhood. The orcas were Bigg's killer whales, a group that hunts sea mammals. They visit the Seattle area often.

During a mid-January blue-sky day, a pod of orcas put on a show for dozens of onlookers in West Seattle on Friday.

SEATTLE -- Scientists advising the federal government on a sick, orphaned killer whale swimming alone in central Puget Sound say she should be captured and treated, but the government wants some ...

An orca whale breaches the surface of the water off Seattle on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. The whale was part of a pod that swam by the West Seattle neighborhood, ...