The rare and awe-inspiring gestures were documented off the coasts of B.C., California, New Zealand and Norway. Researchers say their new study is the first documentation of these kinds of gestures by ...

Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

The apex predators have offered up fish, birds, turtles and whales to humans around the world, according to the study.

Objectives to improve forest health were first outlined and approved in the Land Bank’s Crescent Beach Stewardship and ...

The San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau is pleased to announce the recipient of its eighth Annual ...

Despite having a reputation for strategically hunting marine mammals and occasionally sinking yachts in the Mediterranean, it has now been revealed that orcas have a more romantic side. After drones ...

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 ...

A longtime Orcas Island resident was detained by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers on June 27 in what local ...

Caption: Chimo the transient white whale was paired up with Haida, a southern resident orca, to perform at Sealand of the Pacific in Oak Bay, B.C. In the wild, transients and southern residents do not ...

Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use ...

Scientists have spotted a subset of killer whales using seaweed to scratch each other’s backs, marking the first known ...

A group of triathletes got a surprise West Coast experience in the ocean off Vancouver. On June 14, the T100 Triathlon was ...