Washington’s Willapa Bay is tucked behind Long Beach, and the shallow bay is a well-known producer of oysters. Most are grown on oyster farms, but for those people that love fresh oysters, there is a ...

A juvenile gray whale that amazed Washington state residents after it swam 20 miles up a small river was found dead, and an official with a marine mammal research group suspects hunger may have driven ...

UPDATE: The whale has not left the river. As of 4 p.m. Saturday, Cascadia Research Collective said it had received confirmation that the whale had been seen in the river that day and was working with ...

A commercial fisherman and a US state of Washington observer were rescued early Monday (Oct. 14) after a gillnet vessel sank in Willapa Bay about 95 miles southwest of Seattle. A statement by the ...