Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...

Giant ships that transport everything from coffee cups to clothes across the ocean are often so large they can’t tell when ...

A Pygmy killer whale — rarely seen in the shallow waters that surround the Florida Keys — was found injured, sick and ...

"We might get false killer whales come up from Mexico ... have been tracking a troubling trend. Fewer gray whales are making the migration, especially fewer newborn babies. "We had about a five ...

Why so much of the whale was left uneaten is anyone's guess. “Killer whales may not consume the entire whale,” O'Hern said in ...

The tragic event highlighted the plight of the Southern Resident killer whales, whose population ... and sharing knowledge about food sources and migration routes. Their presence increases the ...

Orcas, or killer whales, also adopted a bizarre behavior during this time that could only be described as a fad—balancing dead salmon on their heads like aquatic hats. Just as quickly as this ...

Adorable photos show the orca calf swimming alongside a killer whale that is most likely its mother in the Puget Sound area, the Center for Whale Research said on Facebook on Dec. 21. Although the ...

Pictures and videos have revealed new, specialised hunting techniques used by killer whales to attack the world's largest fish, according to scientists. On four occasions caught on video ...

After consulting with federal authorities, rescuers decided the most humane course of action was to euthanize the animal.