Video shared on social media by False Creek Ferries of the Sunday incident shows four transient killer whales — also known as Bigg’s killer whales — cruising past high-rise buildings ...

Experts say there’s one distinct thing people should know about these pods. They’re killer Biggs, not the endangered Southern Resident Orcas we normally discuss.

The orcas making up the transient population of the Northeast Pacific have figured out that seals and baby whales can be caught with a mix of cunning and brute force. They ram their prey ...

Resident orcas live in cohesive family groups and eat mostly fish and squid; their teeth have the least wear. Transient orcas, which roam coastlines in small pods, eat mostly marine mammals ...

While they share similar colors and appearances due to their common ancestry, differences in fin shape, genetics and hunting strategies among “resident” and “transient” orcas showcase ...

A 40-year-old woman was convicted of breaching the federal Fisheries Act after she was filmed paddleboarding near a pod of transient killer whales in Ucluelet Harbour.

“This pod of killer whales is considered to be a type of ‘transient’ orca, which means that they have a large range they cover between southeast Alaska to the Mexico border,” Rodriguez sai ...

A B.C. woman has been fined for getting too close to a pod of orcas in Ucluelet Harbour. More than four years ago, a pod of transient orcas, including two young calves, entered Ucluelet Harbour.

Christie Jamieson, 40, was convicted Tuesday of breaching the federal Fisheries Act after she was filmed paddleboarding near a pod of transient killer whales in Ucluelet Harbour. The federal ...