Sure, killer whales have been in the news lately for taking names and sinking boats, but it's still not obvious why they're ...

A decades-long mystery behind killer whales harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming them may have finally been ...

Finally, the rescued mother whale and the baby also swim around the boat in an expression of love and appreciation and eventually reluctantly go away when the boat reaches the shore. Killer whales ...

Why do killer whales harass porpoises without eating them? Scientists from UC Davis' SeaDoc Society and Wild Orca investigate ...

It’s an otter-ly incredible tale of survival. A Newborn sea otter is on her way to a full recovery after surviving a violent attack by two wild orcas earlier this month in Alaska. The female pup ...

A man has died and another was taken to hospital after a boat believed to have been struck by a whale capsized. The deadly incident happened on Friday evening in the waters off Cape Banks - which ...

Alaska’s Bering Sea and Aleutian Island groundfish trawl fisheries this year caught 10 killer whales in their massive nets. Nine of them died. NOAA Fisheries is “analyzing collected data to determine ...

A man who died after his boat was struck by a breaching whale in waters off Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs has been identified. Police were called to Cape Banks at La Perouse after reports an unoccupied ...

Only 92 whale species can be found swimming in the deep, blue seas. One of the most recognizable is the orca, commonly known as the killer whale. These apex predators are the only living species ...

Southern Resident killer whales are an endangered population, numbering only 75 individuals. Their survival is intimately tied to the fortunes of chinook salmon—also an endangered species.

A killer whale in the Salish Sea is observed harassing a porpoise, a behavior that has long perplexed scientists. A study from Wild Orca and UC Davis’ SeaDoc Society investigates what may be behind it ...