The clip shows a group of seven orcas — four adults and three calves — as they circle a seal on a tiny chunk of ice in ...

Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they sing.

Today, there are only 73 southern resident orcas left, fewer than when they were listed for protection, and their risk of ...

Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.

Orcas, like humans, get baby bumps in the early months of pregnancy and grow larger as the pregnancy advances. Researchers ...

How big they are: Up to 32 feet (9.8 meters) long How long they live: Up to 100 years, but usually around 25 to 50 years What they eat: Fish, seals, seabirds, squid, sharks, and even whales Orcas ...

Orcas, also called killer whales, are apex predators of the ocean. Their intelligence, hunting skills, and sheer power make ...

Footage captured in May 2022 shows an aerial view of killer whales hunting and killing great white sharks at Mossel Bay, ...

A 40-year-old woman was convicted of breaching the federal Fisheries Act after she was filmed paddleboarding near a pod of ...

For more than a thousand miles, a Southern Resident killer whale known as Tahlequah carried the body of her dead calf on a ...