ORCAS know exactly what they’re doing when they ram into boats – and now scientists have proposed an explanation. The peculiar behavior has captured public interest and sparked a spate ...

Scientists have classified orcas as “data deficient” on conservation lists. These are the questions that keep them up at ...

ABOARD A BOAT IN THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR — From the surface, the azure waters seem calm and inviting in this narrow patch where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Mediterranean Sea. Spain’s arid ...

The heartbreaking footage shows the isolated killer whale trapped in a tiny pool at ... seen languishing in a tiny concrete tank as captive dolphins swim in circles. #FreeKshamenk pic.twitter.com ...

Experts have a new theory about why orcas are targeting sailboats in the Iberian Peninsula — they're using them to practice ...

What’s more, the identification of individuals of both species shows that the same false killer whales return to the area year after year and that many of the dolphins that associate with the ...

Eastern Tropical Pacific killer whales, most commonly encountered off Mexico, occasionally venture into Southern California waters to hunt dolphins and other marine mammals. Gone Whale Watching ...

The accompanying images were captured off Port Angeles, Wash., by Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a California-based killer whale researcher. “It’s still the most astounding thing I’ve seen ...

Southern Resident orcas mainly eat fish, the WDFW said. The two other types are mammal-eating transient whales—also called Bigg's—and offshore orcas.

But with binoculars trained on the horizon, the boat’s captain is on the lookout for something potentially far more unsettling: orcas, also known as killer whales, who in recent years have taken ...

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. A Belgian couple were attacked by an 11-strong pod of killer whales while sailing near Spain in their yacht. Iberian orcas are gaining notoriety along ...

The Center for Whale Research (CWR) has exciting news — a new orca calf has been spotted in L pod. Researchers were observing the L and K pods over the weekend when a calf was spotted ...