This painted penguin pot is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. It was made about 1,600 years ago and was ...

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

A Pygmy killer whale — rarely seen in the shallow waters that surround the Florida Keys — was found injured, sick and stranded just off a beach in the island chain on Sunday, a local marine ...

A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head. It’s not clear what the behavior means, but orcas were observed ...

Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of ...

Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...

Art skills came in handy for a whale of a sculpture. Kosloski, who said he can draw anything as long as he has a picture to work from, said he used his art skills to make the sculpture using snow ...

A local celebrity killer whale has returned to the Salish Sea, the Pacific Whale Watch Association said on Thursday. T63, known as Chainsaw for his jagged fin, is a member of the coastal Bigg’s ...

A young female orca calf recently spotted by the CWR has now been confirmed to be the offspring of a whale who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018.

In 1992, a colleague had returned from a fishing trip in Baja with a story about seeing two killer whales attacking a whale shark. But Ms. Schulman-Janiger was never able to confirm the event.

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse with her for more than two weeks in a harrowing tale of grief, has lost another baby, scientists revealed.. The orca ...

Lolita the captive killer whale could finally return home to her mom after living in captivity for 52 years. Lolita, also known as Tokitae, is one of the most famous captive orcas in the world ...