We witnessed these apex predators combing the shoreline for their favorite pinniped prey, and they easily connected." ...

As so-called "killer whales" have made news over the past few years for violent boat attacks in European waters, marine biologists have noticed a far sweeter behavior in Iceland's frigid waves: the ...

Orca whales swam off the shore of a Seattle neighborhood. The orcas were Bigg's killer whales, a group that hunts sea mammals ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A rare sighting of a pod of orcas off the coast of Orange County had whale watchers and marine experts buzzing last Thursday. For passengers on whale-watching boats that day, ...

CENTRAL COAST, CALIFORNIA -- The ocean just off the central California coast became a playground for a pod of orcas. Video taken by Monterey Bay Whale Watch videographer Evan Brodsky shows the orcas ...

In September, a ray of hope shone upon the southern resident killer whale population, when researchers spotted a newborn orca calf in J Pod. However, those hopes appear to have been dashed. The ...

A group of killer whales led by a matriarch known as White Gladis has been terrorizing boats for years—and scientists say the ...

The trip was the first-ever record of a migration between the two countries. A pod of Orca whales has made an unprecedented trip from Iceland to Genoa, Italy, according to a nonprofit organization ...

As the whale watching boat slowly approached, the passengers saw something strange in the water—an 80-foot cloud of red-brown liquid. Just minutes later, an orca hurled a small whale into the air.

Recently, people have spotted killer whales engaging in some unique behavior. They are rubbing their bellies along the rocks that dot the British Columbia coast. At first, no one was sure exactly what ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A pod of killer whales made an unexpected ...