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

Did you know orcas once turned salmon into quirky headwear in the 1980s? This "fad" disappeared by the turn of the decade, ...

Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on the offensive ... The study's scientists observed four separate hunting encounters in which the orca pod encountered and attacked ...

Off Baja California, in Mexico, a killer whale named after an Aztec emperor is leading his pod on routine takedowns of the ...

‘They should be admired, respected, loved and appreciated rather than feared.’ ...

In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles (1,600 ...

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf's corpse along with her for more than two weeks in a ...

The study claims that the Arctic is the fastest warming region on the planet and that, as sea ice retreats, its waters are ...

The southern resident orca population marked the turn of the year with both heartbreak and hope: the death of a newborn calf ...

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried ... face numerous threats including vessel noise and disturbances that make it harder to hunt, pollution to food and a lack of food sources.

“The death of any calf is a tremendous loss. But the death of J61 is particularly devastating - not just because she was a ...

This is the breathtaking moment a pod of killer whales was spotted in Newport Beach, California. Staff on a boat operated by Davey's Locker Whale Watching first sighted the orcas around 9 am on ...