Identified as whale CA216C1 by the California Killer Whale Project, the white orca is also known by its nickname Frosty and is about 4 years old. It's unclear whether Frosty is male or female.

Several starkly contrasting black and white orcas surrounded the ghostly youngster, referred to as CA216C1, “Frostbite” or “Frosty”, and the display delighted whale watchers in pursuit.

A rare white killer whale was spotted in Monterey Bay, California, on Oct. 15. The orca, named Frosty, is likely white due to leucism or Chediak-Higashi syndrome, according to the tour agency that ...

The orca’s black-and-white bodies help them blend in with their surroundings and make them appear smaller. The darker markings shrink their body outlines, and in sunlight underwater, some prey might ...

Rare white killer whale spotted in Alaska 00:44. A rare white killer whale has been spotted off the coast of Southeast Alaska. Researchers on an 80-foot charter boat spotted a pod of killer whales ...

The white whale is just one of a handful of albino orcas seen in the wild. Hayakawa’s snaps show that the whale has typical orca patterning on its body — but instead of black and white, it is ...

The white killer whale spotted in Alaska's Aleutian Islands sent researchers and the ship's crew scrambling for their cameras. The nearly mythic creature was real after all.

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"Within seconds we realized, oh my God, a pack of killer whales is attacking a blue whale," researcher John Totterdell from the Cetacean Research Centre in Australia, told NPR.

White Whale a Mystery The 22-foot-long (7-meter-long) Iceberg is probably not a true albino, since he has color on his saddle—the area behind his dorsal fin—FEROP's Hoyt said. "Iceberg may or ...

The white whale is just one of a handful of albino orcas seen in the wild. 3. ... Hayakawa’s snaps show that the whale has typical orca patterning on its body — but instead of black and white, ...