Remarkable footage shows orcas playing with their food – and scientists have a few theories that might explain why they do it ...

Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators.

A study based on traces of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing in whale teeth has revealed detailed information ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Along remote coastlines, killer whale parents teach their young how to intentionally beach ...

Endangered Southern Resident killer whales are known for the tight-knit family structure that isolates them from other killer whale populations. In 2005, NOAA Fisheries listed the whales as a Distinct ...

Some of Hawaiʻi’s endangered false killer whales are rapidly losing weight, a warning sign that warming oceans and limited prey may be pushing one of the nation’s smallest whale populations closer to ...

The killer whales of the Salish Sea, off the coast of British Columbia and Washington State, are perhaps the most well-studied marine mammals in the world. For over 50 years, researchers have taken ...

A new analytical method accounting for animal movement improves population size estimates of endangered false killer whales in Hawaiʻi and reveals the population has been declining for more than a ...

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