Orcas, or killer whales, are known to some as the velociraptors of the sea for the incredibly orchestrated attacks they carry ...

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

Footage captured in California’s Monterey Bay shows one orca using its flukes to fling a common murre nearly 20 feet skyward.

Killer whales are known to live in groups with unique vocal "dialects". They may copy other members of their kind in the wild, although this needs to be tested. "The killer whale that we studied ...

9 when the killer whales set their sights on the pair ... “It wasn’t until the entire event ended, the wild orcas had left the area, and the pup started crying out for its mother that I ...

Long-term whale researcher Helena Symonds has observed a significant rise in the presence of Northern Resident orcas near ...

THE SUN joined the specialist Orca team searching for fearsome killer whale White Gladis and her gang in the choppy waters ...

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 ...

“Humpback whales eat small fish and krill, NOT seals. While they have very large mouths, their throats are roughly the size ...

A juvenile orca that beached itself at Carmel River State Beach died while being transported to a marine lab in Santa Cruz.