Killer whales, also known as orcas, are apex predators and key indicators of marine health. They are the largest members of ...

This visual guide explains the interactions that orcas, also known as killer whales, are having with ships and why scientists ...

Mystery as 26 killer whales wash up dead on beach and scientists don’t know why - It is believed to be the third known ...

Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to ...

SCIENTISTS have been left baffled after 26 orcas mysteriously washed up dead on a beach. The mass stranding of the killer ...

While orcas, also known as "killer whales," are a common sight in the northeast Pacific Ocean, they’re rarely detected in the ...

Out in the cold, blue stretch of water between Washington State and Canada, a small team of scientists is on a mission to ...

The classic book Moby Dick features an enraged, giant white whale that rams and sinks a ship — and four terrified gals and their captain thought they were going to share the same fate when ferocious ...

An orca calf born to J36, aka Alki, died within the past three days, the Center for Whale Research reported Saturday. Both ...

If DAS works as hoped, it could give conservationists real-time information to protect the whales. For instance, if the ...

Whale watchers also got the chance to see a mama sea creature hold a sea lion carcass to help feed her baby, the company said ...

The endangered whales face multiple threats, from a lack of their primary food, chinook salmon, to underwater noise from vessels that makes it harder to hunt, as well as pollution and inbreeding.