The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just like humans.

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...

Her dream is to collect the poop of a pack-ice killer whale, something never done before ... before – an hours-long teaching session, where adult females demonstrate hunting skills to their ...

A female killer whale gives birth to one calf at a time every three to 10 years. Orcas work together to take care of the young. Female killer whales live to be around 50 years old, but some orcas ...

A newborn killer whale calf spotted off the southern coast of WA could be one of the youngest ever seen in Australian waters.

For the next half-hour, the two adult orcas, by turns ... They concluded, “this documented event of killer whale predation on a sperm whale in the Caribbean Sea serves as a critical addition ...

they found it was a 5.5-foot-long Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata), per a Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder news release. According to the group, he was a male “sub-adult,” meaning he ...

Feb. 12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. In Antarctica, killer whales hunt using their intelligence and teamwork. Swimming ...

the attack was already underway when they arrived as the killer whales were observed coordinating their attack on the sperm whale in waves," the study said. For the next half-hour, the two adult ...