By Shreya Dasgupta Underwater noise from ships is making it tough for killer whales, or orcas, to find and catch their ...

The Salish Sea—the inland coastal waters of Washington and British Columbia—is home to two unique populations of fish-eating ...

Orcas have been ramming into yachts in the Iberian Peninsula, and experts believe the behavior is due to them practicing how ...

Orcas (Orcinus orca) rely heavily on sound to hunt. They emit ultrasonic echolocation clicks that bounce off objects. By listening for the echoes of these clicks, the orcas can identify objects ...

Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ, BC – A pod of transient killer whales recently ventured into the Ucluelet harbour, chasing a sea lion for dinner, but dinner got the best of the apex predators when a vessel seemingly ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has ...

Scientists have discovered the cuisine preferences of two resident killer whale populations, also known as orcas: the Alaska residents and the southern residents, which reside primarily in the Salish ...

The team reports that underwater noise pollution -- from both large and small vessels -- forces northern and southern resident orcas to expend more time and energy hunting for fish. The din also ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is being investigated for chainsawing off and collecting the head of a whale carcass in the ...

Boaters with Monterey Bay Whale Watch spotted a pod of six killer whales off the coast of California. The pod was highly ...

Orcas use a series of clicks and vocalizations to hunt down their favorite meal: Chinook Salmon. It’s sort of like a bat using echolocation. A new study published in Global Change Biology by ...

The Salish Sea is too noisy for the critically endangered southern resident orcas to hunt successfully, according to a new study led by the University of Washington. In the study published Tuesday ...