For the first time, a team of whale experts have recorded an orca caring for the offspring of another species, a long-finned pilot whale infant. With their iconic black and white markings ...

It’s probably not a thing. People have been buzzing for weeks because scientists and a whale watcher this fall on separate occasions spotted two killer whales with dead salmon atop their heads ...

Whale deaths overall have been unusually high for years, but some species have also experienced a rebound. A surgical feeding frenzy off the African coast by a pair of orcas, also known as killer ...

Scientists say the implications of a killer whale hunting solo, rather than in a group, could be huge for the local ecosystem Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...

The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds Kelsey Williamson Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on ...

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

While many families spent Thanksgiving watching football in their living rooms, some lucky few spent it watching killer whales punt a sea lion 20 feet into the air in Monterey Bay. About 120 ...

DEVISED A NEW STRATEGY TO KILL THE WORLD’S LARGEST FISH. FOR THE FIRST TIME, MARINE SCIENTISTS ARE SEEING HOW ORCAS HUNT WHALE SHARKS. AUTHORS OF A NEW STUDY ANALYZED FOUR SEPARATE HUNTING ...

Tahlequah, the killer whale also known as J35, was seen carrying the newborn on her back Wednesday through Washington state’s Puget Sound, just as she did seven years ago, according to the ...

When Daniel Kriz saw a pair of killer whales underneath his boat while crossing the Strait of Gibraltar in April, he thought: “Not again.” For Kriz, a veteran skipper who was delivering a ...

Despite the name “killer whale,” there’s only one well-documented instance of a wild orca attacking someone — Hans Kretschmer, who was bitten on the leg while surfing in California in 1972.

SEATTLE — Researchers are concerned aboutthe new Southern Resident orca calf born last month, describing it as "emaciated." The Center for Whale Research (CWR) said the Southern Resident calf ...