Staff at Captain Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari spotted a group of killer whales swimming near Dana Point, ...

For more than a thousand miles, a Southern Resident killer whale known as Tahlequah carried the body of her dead calf on a ...

Beach rubbing, when animals swim close to shore to rub their bellies on smooth pebbles, is thought to help scrape off dead ...

DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass of a large white shark washed ashore near ...

Over time, that name morphed into "killer whales." Scientists don't know whether orcas kill for fun. The marine mammals do some things, like killing and tossing dead porpoises in the air ...

The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just like humans.

A pod of killer whales made an unexpected visit off the coast of Orange County Thursday. The pod of CA56 killer whales (orcas) was spotted by a Davey’s Locker whale-watching boat about 12:30 p.m ...

As the killer whales swim together, I’m struck by the parallels between their team and ours. Tom Walker operating the stabilised camera. Photo credit Helen Hobin Crammed into a small working ...

Wikie and Keijo are France’s last two captive, performing killer whales. Marino said the non-profit group’s proposal, submitted last April, was rejected because French experts were concerned ...

Six environmental groups are suing two federal ministers over a delay in issuing an emergency-order recommendation to protect B.C.’s endangered killer whale population. The legal action ...

For the first time, DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass of a large white shark washed ...