A pod of killer whales made an unexpected visit off the coast of Orange County Thursday. The pod of CA56 killer whales (orcas ...

Passengers aboard Davey's Locker whale watching boats were treated to the display of a lifetime after a pod of orcas was ...

In this photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, the orca known as J35 (Tahlequah) carries the carcass of her dead calf in the waters of Puget Sound off West Seattle, Wash., on Wednesday, Jan. 1 ...

This story appears in the December 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. On the North Slope of Alaska, the culture of the Inupiat centers on whales. Each spring, men and women spend weeks on ...

Southern Resident killer whales, one of several distinct orca communities that inhabit the Pacific Northwest, generally stay near British Columbia and Washington state, though some swim north to ...

An endangered orca mother has been carrying her dead newborn ... Observations of the whales, which roam from central California to southeast Alaska, are uncommon on the open Pacific Ocean.

Fisherman Cy Williams captured the moment a humpback whale breached the water to feed just a few feet away from docked boats at Knudson Cove Marina, Alaska. Video/Photo: Caters News Home Browse ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— NOAA Fisheries announced today that it intends to expand critical habitat protections in Alaska for the North Pacific right whale. If finalized, the action will help protect the ...

The best-documented orca communities are found living along the Pacific Northwest coast and Alaska. Three distinct groups, the northern resident orcas, the southern resident orcas and the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Conservationists filed a formal petition today urging the federal government to expand the critical habitat designation in Alaska for North Pacific right whales — the most ...

one of several distinct orca communities that inhabit the Pacific Northwest, generally stay near British Columbia and Washington State, though some swim north to Alaska and south to California.