After encounters with whales in the urban waters of Vancouver, a photographer feels a deep sense of connection to the ocean, ...

Sightings of Bigg's killer whales in the Vancouver and Victoria harbours have increased 'significantly' this year, say whale ...

Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in four oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop relationships with humans, researchers have found. In each of the instances ...

Jared Towers, executive director of Bay Cetology, a research nonprofit based in Alert Bay, British Columbia, was on a boat in ...

For the first time, orcas have been seen making and using tools out of seaweed. The reason? Most likely as a form of social ...

"These weren't mistakes," says researcher Jared Towers. "They weren't like the killer whales accidentally dropped the food.

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Sharing food among relatives and other orcas is foundational for the orcas, and in attempting to provision humans with prey, he says it could be an example of the orcas practicing a cultural ...

Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island when the orcas dropped their prey directly in front of him and his ...

The more we learn about orcas, the more remarkable they are. These giant dolphins are the ocean's true apex predator, preying on great white sharks and other lesser predators.