One day in June 2022 Chérine Baumgartner, a researcher at the Icelandic Orca Project, was watching from a dinghy as a pod of killer whales fed on herring—when she noticed something very odd about what ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Southern resident orcas from the L Pod made a rare appearance near Depoe Bay on March 24. The sighting coincided with Oregon’s Whale Watch Week, hosted each year by Oregon ...

Scientists say dolphins and orcas have teamed up to hunt salmon off British Columbia. It’s the first time such behavior has ...

The first documented case of cooperative hunting between killer whales and dolphins has been observed in the waters off ...

Killer whales work together in tightly coordinated pods to hunt some of the ocean’s most powerful predators, including sharks ...

The ocean's giants are in full-blown combat here in the Monterey Bay. A mother gray whale successfully defended her calf from a pod of killer whales Sunday. "The gray whale mom took her calf and swam ...

Killer whales team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, reveals new research. The apex predators, also known as orca, have been ...

SEATTLE – Just 74 southern resident orcas remain, as of the latest count by the Center for Whale Research. The count has hovered around this low point for several years. The 2024 census tallied 73 ...

A pod of orcas were chased by a group of humpback whales off the coast of California, a whale watching company said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A group of orcas was chased by humpback whales off the ...

Orcas have long been revered for their intelligence, adaptability, and group-hunting strategies. But one scientific review spanning two decades has revealed a little-known, yet intriguing behavior.