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

Scientists found evidence that killer whales may hunt and eat other killer whales, revealing new insights into how ...

In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, ...

Orcas don’t have any natural predators, so how did this happen? The tooth marks, it turned out, were distinctive – they were ...

Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might ...

It’s long been thought that the Southern Resident orcas that live in our region have no predators, but a new article in Live Science suggests that non-resident orcas, or Bigg’s orcas, might be eating ...

Three mystery whales have been surprising whale watchers from Canada to Olympia. When somebody gets the thrill of seeing an orca in Northwest waters, that whale is almost always well known. Scientists ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Killer whales can scare white sharks away in the moment, but a 12-year study from South ...

, March 10 -- Scientists have found possible evidence suggesting that some killer whales may hunt and eat their own species in waters near Russia.

A dolphin murder mystery is playing out on Patagonia’s shores: multiple mass strandings, with scores of dolphins washing up for no easily discernable reason. In one such event in 2021, for example, 52 ...

Killer whale research occupies a vital space in marine ecology, illuminating the complex interactions between apex predators and their environments. Despite ...