NEW ZEALAND -- Drone video captured three killer whales trailing a swimmer at Hahei Beach in New Zealand. Swimmer Judie Johnson told local media she thought the killer whales were dolphins until she ...

Killer whales are, well, killer. They’re apex predators, and so it’s understandable that the experience of sharing the water with them might be a little scary. But the orcas kept (mostly) to ...

KUMUTOTO BAY, New Zealand -- A frightening moment was captured on video in New Zealand when a mother who was recording her 6-year-old daughter waterskiing for the first time realized the girl was not ...

More than 50 beached pilot whales perished in New Zealand Friday, the latest in a spate of mass strandings this week that experts have linked to rising ocean temperatures. Some 145 pilot whales all ...

Scientists confirmed that West Coast transient killer whales actually form two separate groups split between inner and outer ...

Species feeding mid-water were just as exposed to PFAS as coastal Māui dolphins or deep-diving species like beaked whales, new research found.

The killer whales ripped the liver out of a shark and passed it around—only the second time orcas have been seen engaging in ...