How the humpback whale made a massive comeback in the Salish Sea

ABOARD THE MOLLY B, on the Salish Sea — They are big. They are beautiful. And they are back. The return of the humpback whale to greater numbers than observed in decades is part of a larger revival of marine mammals in the Salish Sea. It is an astonishing sight of life rebounding, with exception of the endangered southern residents orcas. On a recent day in the waters of the San Juan Islands, ...