After a pod of 54 pilot whales became stranded in the shallow waters off Scotland, an investigation is suggesting a reason for incident. Experts suggest that the strong bond that existed within the ...

In the North Pacific, orca fins with signs of cannibalism are washing up on a Russian beach. The findings suggest that killer whales occasionally participate in cannibalism, which might explain why ...

Being able to swim with majestic, highly intelligent, 40-foot-long, 40-ton sperm whales in the open ocean close to the lush island of Dominica is not new. In fact, there are roughly 200 resident ...

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

A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...

He helped fight to free the whales known as the Budd Inlet Six. It was the last time orcas were captured in United States ...

Orcas, also known as killer whales, are among the most intelligent and powerful predators in the ocean. These marine mammals ...

Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might ...