Divers descend into the cold waters of Puget Sound searching for a giant Pacific octopus. The rocky seabed is full of strange marine life, and at first the dive seems quiet. Then something moves in ...

Could new populations of seals and porpoises attract the descendants of some of the large shark species that were thriving in ...

The state of Washington could soon have an official state shark: the bluntnose sixgill shark.

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) is reminding local anglers to leave certain protected shark species alone.

Washington could soon have an official state shark Mira Leatherman testified in Olympia asking to have the Bluntnose sixgill shark be named the official Washington state shark.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A painted reconstruction of a bluntnose six-gill shark (or cow shark) scavenging on a tiny extinct right whale carcass during the ...