New Zealand has recorded more than 5,000 whale strandings since 1840. The largest pilot whale stranding was of an estimated 1,000 whales at the Chatham Islands in 1918, according to the Department ...

Researchers have identified a fascinating behavior in killer whales, aka orcas: they sometimes offer to share their prey with ...

For so long in this second half it has felt like New Zealand attacking and France defending. Once more the hosts are in ...

New Zealand has recorded more than 5,000 whale strandings since 1840. The largest pilot whale stranding was of an estimated 1,000 whales at the Chatham Islands in 1918, according to the Department ...

Killer whales have been documented offering food provisions to humans swimming near them or in nearby boats. Learn more about ...

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, in what scientists say is ...

A new interactive tool illuminates the fraught world of the whale, overlaying tracking data for seven species with hazards ...

In each of these cases, the killer whales approached the people on their own and dropped their prey in front of them. “This ...

Teenager Waiaria Ellis gets the chance to push her case for a World Cup call-up after being named in the Wallaroos' 32-player squad for upcoming Tests against New Zealand and Wales.

In a recent study published in the Journal of Comparative Psychology, scientists from Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico ...

The New Zealand A Women’s team is currently on a white-ball tour of England. Under the guidance of coach Brendon Donkers, the New Zealand A Women's team will face their English counterparts in three ...