One of the whales was seen grabbing a bird — a grebe — before pulling it underwater, prompting gasps from the crowd.

For most of the 20th century, scientists on the Pacific Coast of North America held two basic assumptions about the killer whale (Orcinus orca): first, it was a voracious predator inclined to attack ...

And that’s heartbreaking, because when you’re out with orcas in the wild, you sense what no show can ever capture: their spirit and sagacity, their joy and cunning, their love of the open ...

It was dismantled only in 2019, after the law was changed in Russia to prohibit, at least for now, the capture of orcas and belugas from Russian waters. Small motorboats are usually used to move ...

Two days before the shark's appearance on the beach, residents spotted several orcas, including two individuals nicknamed Bent Tip and Ripple, capturing a large prey in Bridgewater Bay ...

Behind me, I hear a rush of breath—the sound of a killer whale expelling air from their blowhole. I can’t turn around to look. I’m holding onto a metal crane, on the other end of which is a ...

Orcas have a language of their own. They communicate through touch, movement, and most importantly, sound. And it's marine scientist Ellyne Hamran's job to eavesdrop on them. Hamran is an acoustic ...

UPDATE: Orcas might not have killed the whale despite an initial claim by a prominent researcher. An examination of the carcass after the whale washed ashore revealed possible shark bites ...