In Patagonia, killer whales snatch seal lion pups from the shore. But as Steve Backshall recalls, these apex predators don’t ...
No one was hurt, including the whales, and authorities took the boat in for inspection. Just a few weeks prior, a family with ...
Amongst all the different killer whale populations around the world, there's only a couple that have been observed doing this ...
New research reveals that orcas around the island of Hokkaido can be split into two distinct forms, offering conservationists ...
Scientists know a surprising amount of information about Southern Resident Killer Whales, but once the whales leave their ...
Each year, thousands of the gray whales make an annual migration past Ventura, heading south from Arctic waters to the ...
An endangered killer whale in the Pacific Northwest was spotted wearing a dead salmon like a hat, reviving a bizarre ...
New footage shows orcas and dolphins coordinating hunts, hinting at interspecies teamwork to track and catch salmon off ...
Staff from the Noyo Center for Marine Science gave a presentation on who and what washed ashore in 2025- a very different ...
Conservation groups are concerned the Navy is downplaying its impacts on endangered mammals. The Navy says it's “committed to the maximum level of mitigation measures” that it practically could to ...
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Facts about orca killer whales

Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators. An AI deepfake was final straw for a Washington state ...
The species Orcinus orca, generally known as orcas or killer whales, is made up of many genetically distinct populations ...