A rare pod of orcas, known as CA-51, has returned to Monterey Bay after a three-year hiatus, delighting whale watchers and ...

Almost all marine mammals are carnivores: Think orcas, whales, dolphins, and even walruses and otters. Even baleen whales eat ...

If you can explain Antarctica, you've never been there.' That was the quote from our captain, Jorn Bowitz, as we set off on our voyage to the White Continent.

Discover how human whalers and killer whales teamed up to hunt on the Australian coast in what is known as the Law of the ...

This stingray gets knocked out cold by an orca tail slap - take a look and read our analysis of orca hunting behavior.

In the North Pacific, orca fins with signs of cannibalism are washing up on a Russian beach. The findings suggest that killer whales occasionally participate in cannibalism, which might explain why ...

Common names for animals are often easier to remember than their Latin names, but they can often lead to confusion. Here are ...

Lynne Schafer Gross and Mark McDermott One day circa 1970, a boy in El Segundo looked up at a telephone pole near his home and saw a hawk perched at ...

Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, according to a recently published study in the journal Ecosphere. The types of ...

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