Orcas have long been revered for their intelligence, adaptability, and group-hunting strategies. But one scientific review ...

Researchers examining 20 years of data on orca sightings have discovered a worrying trend linked to the receding ice, ...

Charlotte Rampling and Richard Harris are the heavy-hitting Oscar nominees facing off with a big plastic whale.

Killer whales have been documented offering food provisions to humans swimming near them or in nearby boats. Learn more about ...

An exceptionally rare sighting of two orcas, also known as killer whales, has been confirmed in Cornish waters ...

A study published in the journal Current Biology describes a new example of tool use by a critically endangered population of ...

To start a kelp-based grooming session, an orca places the bull kelp stipe on its face and nuzzles against another killer ...

The encounter showed the playful killer whale perform a belly roll right beneath the surface of the 21-foot fishing boat. "I mean I could have reached out and touched it," he said.

A 21-foot killer whale weighing up to 6,000 pounds died after beaching itself on the Atlantic coast in central Florida Wednesday, the first stranding of its kind ever recorded in the Southeast US.

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

While there is only one species of killer whale, scientists have documented that many orca populations are adapted to particular habitats. Each appears to prey on specific animals, including whale ...

Killer whale Lolita at Miami Seaquarium could be at risk and should be moved For decades, activists have argued that Miami Seaquarium housed Lolita, an endangered orca in a tank that's much too ...