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Washington releases 20 lab-raised sunflower sea stars into the Salish Sea to restore the endangered species and damaged kelp forests

In a remarkable conservation initiative, twenty lab-raised sunflower sea stars have been released back into the Salish Sea. This effort seeks to restore a species that has suffered extensively due to disease, crucial for the health of kelp forest ecosystems. The project, undertaken in collaboration with the Samish Indian Nation…

The Times of India · Aug 24

Real-time ocean monitoring: How a fibre-optic experiment could save endangered orcas

The Salish Sea experiment turns undersea cables into giant whale microphones for research.

Euronews · Oct 19, 2025

How underwater internet cables could help save these endangered whales

Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to test whether internet cables can monitor endangered orcas

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025

With only low-fat Chinook on the menu, southern resident killer whales are going hungry

The population of Canada’s southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea off British Columbia has been declining for over 30 years.

The Conversation · Apr 2, 2023