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

There was a new group of “mystery” orcas that passed by Whidbey Island last week. Whidbey wildlife photographer Sarah Geist ...

The trails of Turtleback Mountain Preserve wind through old-growth fir, past quiet wetlands and open rocky balds. For many ...

Killer whales are apex predators with immense strength, intelligence, and coordinated hunting strategies that allow them to ...

Southern Resident killer whales are a small and well-studied group of orcas that have long been seen as an isolated group without much outside connection. New research challenges that view, ...

Discarded litter and waste including shopping trolleys, tyres and sofas, the equivalent to the weight of a killer whale, have been recovered from three of the region’s streams including Herrington ...

Jared Towers, executive director of Bay Cetology,  said the transient orca calf is very skinny, very young and has an open wound on its dorsal fin. A statement from the American-based Center for Whale ...

The mystery orcas are back in town. A trio of unidentified orcas, never observed in the Pacific Northwest before, showed up in early March, first in Canada’s Vancouver Harbour, then in the busy ports ...

Some animals have been observed to kill prey but not eat it – which is known as surplus killing. Meet the creatures that take ...

Off the coast of South Africa, near the fishing town of Gansbaai, two orcas have made a name for themselves worldwide.

The “snake” in the documentary film “The Snake and the Whale” is the Snake River. The “whale” of the title refers to the ...