A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving uncertain futures for the two last orcas in captivity in the country, hundreds ...

In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles.

The entire team at the Center for Whale Research is deeply saddened by this news and we will continue to provide updates when ...

The calf adds to the stressors facing the southern resident orcas, especially Tahlequah, a mother already caring for other ...

This is the breathtaking moment a pod of killer whales was spotted in Newport Beach, California. Staff on a boat operated by Davey's Locker Whale Watching first sighted the orcas around 9 am on ...

Jan. 31, 2022 — In late March 2019, researchers performing annual whale and dolphin research surveys discovered the first ever record of killer whales hunting and killing an adult blue whale ...

Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died from head injuries, an expert said Friday. The first dissection of a spade-toothed whale ...

This specialized behavior suggests an evolutionary adaptation in their hunting strategies. As the apex predators of the ocean, killer whales feed on a wide variety of prey, including marine mammals, ...

Orcas — also known as killer whales — are ... study's scientists observed four separate hunting encounters in which the orca pod encountered and attacked a whale shark. Kelsey Williamson ...

The killer whale pod in Mexico ... study's scientists observed four separate hunting encounters in which the orca pod encountered and attacked a whale shark. Kelsey Williamson provided photos ...