ORCAS, Wash. — Israeli naval forces recently captured over 400 activists, including at least 22 Americans, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, among those is a Washington resident. The group was ...

This year, there have been just under 60 encounters between orcas and boats off the Portuguese coast, a report by the Hydrographic Institute revealed. In recent years, the number of incidents with ...

When autumn fog rolls across the horseshoe-shaped waters of Orcas Island in Washington’s San Juan Islands, locals know the ...

Al Marjan Islands in Ras Al Khaimah, a coastal getaway of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has attracted world-leading hotels and restaurants. It highlights another example of how the Gulf nation, like ...

SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish Sea.

For nearly 30 years, Georgians and Peach State visitors from all across the nation enjoyed a beloved holiday tradition – the Magical Nights of Lights at Lanier Islands Resort. After a five-year hiatus ...

A group of humpbacks tried to stop orcas from hunting a sea lion off the coast of California, boaters said. Morgan Quimby Monterey Bay Whale Watch Humpback whales were spotted trying to stop orcas ...

Jasmine Ikeda stepped off a plane at Boeing Field in Seattle Sunday, carrying the weight of several days spent in an Israeli prison. The 32-year-old Orcas Island activist had just been released after ...

The Portuguese Air Force rushed to rescue a family-of-five - including three children - after their yacht was sunk in a terrifying orca attack. A military helicopter was scrambled late on Friday to ...

Healthy herbs, tomato and pepper starts, and locally grown perennial landscaping plants need new homes! One of the most anticipated signs of spring, the San Juan County Master Gardener Foundation ...

Oct. 8, 2025 / PRZen / BUFORD, Ga. — For nearly 30 years, Georgians and Peach State visitors enjoyed a beloved holiday tradition – the Magical Nights of Lights at Lanier Islands Resort. After a ...

This story appears in the July 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. There are no orcas to speak of in Western literature. Although they look like mythic creatures, with their sleek bodies, ...