Orcas are among the ocean’s top predators, yet there is only one well-documented attack on a human in the wild: in 1972, a surfer was bitten – probably because he was mistaken for a seal – but ...

KILLER whales have broken into an all out cannibalistic civil war, scientists believe. Biologists have warned of an all-out ...

Fins washing up in the North Pacific suggest that orcas from one subspecies are snacking on other orcas, and researchers ...

Orcas are born with powerful bodies and sharp teeth, but they are not born knowing how to hunt. Here’s why they depend so ...

New research in the Strait of Gibraltar captured dozens of vocalizations from an endangered subpopulation of killer whales ...

Please join me in speaking up for killer whales Wikie and Keijo," said actor Jason James Richter, who played the young boy in ...

THIS is the dramatic moment a diver witnessed a family of orcas feasting on a shark as its rag doll-like body hangs limp ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers discovered that Northern resident killer whales hunt by going silent and eavesdropping on dolphin echolocation to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pod of Northern Resident killer whales travels together. - University of British Columbia (A.Trites), Dalhousie University (S.

TACOMA, Wash — Two Gig Harbor sisters are wading into the frigid waters of Puget Sound every single day for a year, combining cold-water swimming with conservation advocacy to raise awareness about ...

Orcas have spent the past few years rewriting their public image from charismatic performers to unpredictable disruptors, slamming into yachts, wearing dead salmon like hats and even appearing to hand ...