As scientists scramble to learn more about them, questions abound over what drove these mystery orcas into the Salish Sea, ...
On March 6, three orcas showed up in Canada’s Vancouver Harbour, later heading south to Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia, that ...
Scientific analysis of "cannibal" killer whales might seem shocking at first glance, but it might also indicate that our ...
Killer whales are apex predators with immense strength, intelligence, and coordinated hunting strategies that allow them to take down large marine animals. Their bite force and teamwork make them ...
The “snake” in the documentary film “The Snake and the Whale” is the Snake River. The “whale” of the title refers to the ...
SEATTLE — The endangered killer whales of the Pacific Northwest live very different lives from orcas in captivity. They swim up to 100 miles (161 kilometers) a day in pursuit of salmon, instead of ...
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Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, ...
Many of the orcas captured and sent to marine theme parks in the 1960s and 1970s came from the Pacific Northwest. An incident ...