Caption: Chimo the transient white whale was paired up with Haida, a southern resident orca, to perform at Sealand of the Pacific in Oak Bay, B.C. In the wild, transients and southern residents do not ...

Researchers focused on the Salish Sea have made an intriguing discovery about Orcas. These whales, which have continually ...

Orcas haven’t been documented, however, cooperatively hunting with whales. Indeed orcas prey on sperm, gray, fin, humpback, and many other whales, which is why whalers called them killers of whales.

A massive killer whale swam deep into Yaquina Bay, hunting alone and stunning onlookers. Here's what we know about T049C — and why he's so well known.

If it doesn't collapse, an orca's dorsal fin can stand up to six feet tall, according to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation. Killer whales don't eat just anything that comes their way.

And the orca whale has a real story. advertisement. The Inertia. ... “We usually only see the whale’s dorsal fin and back. It’s rare to see the full body, the whole whale.

An orca named L82 Kasatka swims in front of Mt. Rainier, with a strand of eelgrass trailing from her dorsal fin. She belongs to the Southern Resident orca population, a critically endangered group ...

Giles was unable to tell if the orca was J27; identifying features such as the dorsal fin and saddle patch on its back were underwater. “But the fish was definitely up there,” she said.

Public outcry over her pod's capture in 1976 led Washington State to ban killer whale captures. Animals. T-46, ... She had a very distinct dorsal fin. She had two notches.

Named after a killer whale who supposedly helped whalers draw in prey off the coast of Australia, Old Thom has a distinct nick on the back of his dorsal fin and is “the most commonly seen whale ...

Researchers believe a pod of killer whales attacked the 50-foot fin whale found dead ashore in Pacific Beach. A pod of orcas, commonly known as killer whales, were seen recently in San Diego waters.

In the 1980s, an orca on the West Coast of the United States started a strange trend that was quickly adopted not just by her pod, but by individuals from other pods, too: wearing dead salmon hats.