In each of these cases, the killer whales approached the people on their own and dropped their prey in front of them. “This ...

Scientists say rare behaviour observed in Pacific Northwest shows how much we still don’t know about marine mammals ...

Slow-motion review showed three distinct bouts: 10 seconds, twenty-six seconds, and eighteen seconds. Between bouts the ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen ...

Killer whales rarely risk hunting leopard seals ... - He's still up there but fighting to stay on. When you think about the amount of energy that is expended to catch one seal.

Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Why it matters: The ...

Killer whales bring back wearing salmon hats, but it’s not for fashion. Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s.

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are finding a new place to roam in the rapidly changing Arctic Ocean.Though Indigenous people in the region have seen the whales, also known as orcas, pop up ...

Pod of Bigg's killer whales caught on video in rarely seen bird hunt off Seattle 00:53. A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle by treating the whale watchers to the ...

New research from the University of Washington finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they’re completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below ...

In 1992, a colleague had returned from a fishing trip in Baja with a story about seeing two killer whales attacking a whale shark. But Ms. Schulman-Janiger was never able to confirm the event.

False killer whales — which are found throughout all the world’s oceans — are distinguished by their dark complexion, slender frame and lack of a beak, according to the National Oceanic and ...