Scientists have classified orcas as “data deficient” on conservation lists. These are the questions that keep them up at ...

They break your rudder and water and waves begin to enter your boat, and once the water enters there is nothing you can do,” ...

An orca calf, 10 feet long and weighing close to 1,000 pounds, became breached on Carmel River State Beach and later died ...

Footage captured in California’s Monterey Bay shows one orca using its flukes to fling a common murre nearly 20 feet skyward.

Are they playing? Killer whales are known for their incredible intelligence and 'child-like' curiosity. Orcas are known to casually play with each other for leisure, they often play with their prey as ...

A study from the University of Washington confirms what scientists have long speculated about how marine vessel noise ...

Orcas use echolocation to hunt in the ocean, and they have no animal predators ... orca can’t stay submerged as long as the sperm whale. The sperm whale would have a lot of trouble killing an orca, ...

Breaking down the complete history of captive killer whales would take hours. The brief version is this: from 1961 to 1972, collecting crews were free to pluck orcas from the ocean as they saw fit ...

Often referred to as resident orcas, killer whales are no ordinary predators of the sea. With their intelligence and strong matriarchal social structures, killer whales have learned complex foraging ...

Practicing.” Orcas, or “killer whales,” can grow up to 27 feet long and weigh as much as six tons. Known as the ocean’s top predator, they’re extremely intelligent, with their own ...

Orca is a chronicle of de-demonisation. The thesis is simple: between the early 1960s and now, killer whales have been rehabilitated in the public gaze. They are rigorously protected. They have become ...

SEATTLE — A new orca whale calf was spotted by members ... the OC wrote in its comprehensive list of Southern Resident killer whales. But despite the reports of poor body condition in the ...