The French government has been urged to reconsider rehoming two stranded killer whales in Canada. Wikie, 23, and her ...

What is known is that they have a relatively stable supply of deep-swimming cartilaginous fish — such as sharks or rays — ...

Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators.

Southern California could be dealing with its worst toxic algae bloom ever. Domoic acid toxicosis associated with a bloom off ...

A pod of southern resident killer whales was recently spotted off the Oregon coast — an unexpected sighting that could have big implications.

If you’ve been enjoying some time near the ocean during this bout of good weather in Metro Vancouver, you may have been lucky ...

HALIFAX - The group behind a project to build North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales in Nova Scotia has ...

A rare and striking white orca was spotted off the coast of Rausu, on the volcanic Japanese island of Hokkaido.

North Atlantic right whales are typically spotted off Cape Cod this time of year. Koala and Curlew, both females, were seen ...

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

the J pod is part of a genetically and culturally distinct population of Southern Resident killer whales that includes "separate family sub-groups or matrilines that are centered around the older ...

Despite being commonly known as “killer whales,” they’re a member of the dolphin family. In fact, the name “killer whale” comes, rather appropriately, from their whale hunting behavior.