The adult female, seeking a new home with her calf after the closure of Marineland in France, faces the grim reality of ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

The endangered southern resident killer whales that visit Puget Sound were listed for protection under the federal Endangered ...

Scientists confirm that orcas and dolphins have lost the ability to return to dry land due to irreversible evolutionary ...

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...

Over a year after a dead 15-foot shark was found with mysterious bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, DNA ...

SeaWorld Orlando will launch ASL Saturdays beginning Feb. 1.On the first Saturday of every month, the park will have American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation services for guests who are Deaf or ...

Captive killer whales have been linked to four human deaths and many other violent incidents. For instance, a SeaWorld orca named "Tilikum" was involved in three human deaths. Marine biologists ...

SeaWorld has come under scrutiny in recent years over its operations. A 2013 documentary called Blackfish suggested that orcas (also known as killer whales) suffer acute psychological distress and ...