It's long been thought that the Southern Resident orcas that live in our region have no predators, but Bigg's orcas might be ...

In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer ...

Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, ...

Scientists found evidence that killer whales may hunt and eat other killer whales, revealing new insights into how ...

A long-term study using DNA from whale scat has revealed surprising complexity in the diets of southern Alaska’s fish-eating killer whales.

Orcas don’t have any natural predators, so how did this happen? The tooth marks, it turned out, were distinctive – they were ...

Captured off the coast of San Diego, the astonishing video pictured above captures the moment that a dolphin is punched on the chin by a killer whale. The dolphin rises above the surface, but the orca ...

A long-term study shows southern Alaska killer whales switch between salmon species and also eat groundfish as seasons and ...

Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, according to a recently published study in the journal Ecosphere. The types of ...

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

There aren’t many animals in the ocean deadlier than orcas. As apex predators, they hunt with intelligence, coordination, and raw power. But despite their name, are killer whales truly dangerous to ...