Songs have lowered in frequency, in part because of changes to ocean water. Whales in the ocean around Antarctica are changing their tune, according to a new study. Publishing their findings in the ...

A group of seafaring tourists saw something unusual while whale-watching off the coast of Southern California this week. It was a white orca, or killer whale, that has become somewhat famous in ...

The killer whales that roam the waters of the Monterey Submarine Canyon, off the coast of California, are brutal animals. When hunting grey whales, they target mother and calf pairs, chasing them ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales ...

A South African killer whale already famous for surgically extracting shark livers has a new trick up its sleeve—but it could harm shark populations. Starboard, one of the two male orcas known for ...

Passengers on an Island Packers boat off Ventura recently spotted a rare white orca known as Frosty. On Sunday, the boat happened upon a group of six orcas, also called killer whales, on the way to ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication of all other species. However, research published in Science has uncovered ...