The southern resident killer whale known as Tahlequah captured global sympathy in 2018 when she pushed the body of her dead calf for more than two weeks in waters off British Columbia's south coast.

Encounters with orcas, also known as killer whales, have been on the rise since 2020. New research suggests that older Orcas ...

Scientists have discovered the cuisine preferences of two resident killer whale populations, also known as orcas: the Alaska residents and the southern residents, which reside primarily in the ...

But with binoculars trained on the horizon, the boat’s captain is on the lookout for something potentially far more unsettling: orcas, also known as killer whales, who in recent years have taken ...

Killer whales are social creatures that live and travel in pods. They even have pod-specific anthems they repeat to one another. Rajvi Khatri via Unsplash Boaters with Monterey Bay Whale Watch ...

We will continue monitoring mom and the calf while they are in the area.” The southern resident killer whale population is currently at 75 individuals in the three pods, according to the latest ...

It was not a great day to be a seabird in Monterey Bay, California, on Saturday, September 7, as an energetic pod of killer whales was teaching their calves to hunt by launching waterfowl into the air ...