A Pygmy killer whale — rarely seen in the shallow waters that surround the Florida Keys — was found injured, sick and ...

Killer whales, or orcas, have long been recognized as some of the most intelligent creatures in the ocean. Known for their ...

Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, ...

Orcas, known for their intelligence, can mimic human language, as demonstrated by a female orca named Wikie who replicated ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...

Dave Phillips, a scientist that helped to rewild Keiko, the orca who starred in "Free Willy," is working to help two other ...

After the attack, which took place off the coast of Honduras, one of the orcas charged “directly” at the anglers’ boat.

Predators at the top of a marine food chain 130 million years ago ruled with more power than any modern species, McGill ...

The bodies of two male melon-headed whales were found 50 miles apart along the southeastern coast of the United States.

A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving ...

On the low side, they learned that a Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) calf, J61 died. Just a week earlier, researchers had proudly announced this new member of J pod, delivered by J35, Tahlequah.

Members of the marine mammal rescue group Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder walk with a Pygmy killer whale that was found stranded off the beach at Long Key State Park in the Florida Keys on ...