PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two different populations of killer whales that live in the North Pacific are now thought to be different species, a new study published by the Royal Society shows. Phil Morin, ...

Scientists say they discovered that two well-known types of killer whales in the North Pacific Ocean are actually two separate species and not just different races. In a study published Wednesday, ...

Aerial image of Southern Resident killer whales taken in the Salish Sea off southern Vancouver Island during health research by SR3 SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation and Research. Images by John Durban ...

SEATTLE — A new report from the National Marine Fisheries Service has distinguished two killer whale species in the North Pacific Ocean areas. While killer whale experts and the federal government ...

More than 150 years ago, a San Francisco whaler noticed something about killer whales that scientists may be about to formally recognize — at least in name. Charles Melville Scammon submitted a ...

During a special research flight on Monday, the New England Aquarium aerial survey team spotted more than 100 whales of several species in Massachusetts Bay, according to a release by the aquarium. Of ...

When University of Southern Denmark whale researcher Olga Filatova set off on her first field trip in 2000, she spent five ...

(Reuters) - The various species of whales inhabiting Earth's oceans employ different types of vocalizations to communicate. Sperm whales, the largest of the toothed whales, communicate using bursts of ...

Our four-legged companions and the wild animals that populate our planet are increasingly developing diseases we thought were ...