Latest in Oceans

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community is creating new habitats along the coastline to help marine life weather rising sea temperatures.

The U.N. High Seas Treaty is a historic agreement for marine conservation, but its impact on the plummeting fish population is still uncertain.

In 1931, a baby whale swam up the Columbia and wound up buried on a Washington mountain. Sound like Northwest lore? Well, it's true.

Based on Lopez Island, artist and environmentalist Raven Skyriver breathes endangered Salish Sea animals into fragile glass.

An unprecedented study of trends in marine parasite biodiversity shows a majority are struggling. That could spell disaster for other animals.

As the crustacean's population plummets in the Bering Sea, so do the livelihoods of fishers in Washington and beyond.

Members of the nation in northwest WA now have more control over how culturally important foods — like locally caught salmon — are distributed.

The fish almost disappeared from Howe Sound in the mid-1970s. Now, the Squamish Nation and citizen scientists are welcoming them home.

Researchers in B.C. found that ocean sound pollution interrupts the Arctic white whales' communication, migration and hunting habits.

Despite new tech and materials, the most realistic solution is to use less plastic in packaging.

Coastal gardens once saw harvests that rivaled today's commercial fisheries without exploiting the land. Some Native communities are now reviving the tradition.

Some researchers say the open-net-pen farms are breeding grounds for parasites, viruses and bacteria that devastate wild populations.