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

Ackerman refers to local killer whale pods in two distinct groups: the ones he calls “meat eaters” and those that hunt ...

A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have provided a key fertilizer to these marine ecosystems. Oceanographers now ...

Follow a team of scientists and filmmakers in Antarctica studying the most sophisticated hunting strategy in the animal kingdom – killer whales making waves to wash seals off floating ice. “Expedition ...

Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...

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

The rare orca pod has only been documented seven times since 1993. The two females and three kids were seen about 2.5 miles from Newport Beach last week.

Whale watchers were able to get close to a pod of Orcas that were swimming around Newport Beach. Trump signs executive order ...

DNA evidence has confirmed that killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver—marking the first recorded case ...

The animal’s dorsal fin was still floppy, indicating it was less than 24 hours old, according to news reports.

The researchers took swabs from the white shark's bite wounds and sequenced for any genetic material that the predator may ...

Public is encouraged to document orca sightings, which could help find the 2-year-old female calf last seen in fall, 2024 ...