In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has ...
A ferry captain captured the stunning moment a family of killer whales, or orcas, came within 10 feet of the boat in downtown ...
Conservation helped stop most whale hunting. Now shipping kills them and little is done to avoid collision risk ...
Orcas were previously seen sporting salmon on their heads in the late 1980s, but it’s not clear what the behavior means.
A few months earlier, researchers reported the first instance of a lone killer whale hunting and eating a great white shark ...
Whale sharks are gentle, filter-feeding giants, but orcas in Mexican waters were documented attacking the animals and ...
When Eastern Tropical Pacific killer whales visit San Diego waters via Mexico, it’s always exciting for observers. For ...
By Caroline Hemphill Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are finding a new place to roam in the rapidly changing Arctic Ocean.
Follow one scientist in the search for one particular pack of killer whales, because for him, this mission is personal ...
The method of hunting may imply that some orcas in the Gulf of California have acquired a special set of skills–like going ...
In the attacks, caught on video between 2018 and 2024, the orcas killed young whale sharks that gathered in the Gulf of ...
This is the first time marine scientists have documented a new hunting technique of killer whales. A group of orcas were ...