A new orca calf was seen swimming with Southern Resident orcas, delighting Puget Sound residents and killer whale researchers ...

The orca calf belongs to a family of transient killer whales, or “Bigg’s” killer whales, and was first spotted in the Salish ...

are all-but acoustically invisible to killer whales,” the study concluded. The findings suggest the evolution and behavior of at least some baleen whales has been significantly shaped by fear of ...

Ancient Megalodon Sharks Were Longer Than School Buses and Could Eat a Killer Whale in Just 5 Bites: Study Ancient species have always been a popular area of study for experts. The examinations ...

The sighting of a baby killer whale in British Columbia has given researchers a sign of hope for the endangered species, according to the Center for Whale Research.

The pod was swimming past Victoria Harbour, which is on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, when a biologist saw a peachy ...

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia’s southern coast. The Washington-based centre says ...

Experts believe they got the name “killer whale,” not for hunting humans, but when ancient sailors saw them hunting large whales. Orcas are carnivores and eat a large variety of marine animals ...

A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing ...

As scientists probe the genetic signatures of whales worldwide, they hope to distinguish whether hybridization is an emerging ...

Using underwater explosives, planes and power boats, they corralled the killer whales into a net, in hopes of taking them into captivity to entertain guests at marine parks. The men had a federal ...