On Oct. 24, 1931, William Fey cruised the Columbia Slough and found Oswald, the orca, floating. The frolicking orca called Ethelbert by Oregonians and Oswald by Washingtonians was harpooned by Edward ...

Word and photos of Vancouver’s mystery orcas reached marine biologist Emma Luck in Alaska. A year earlier, she had been ...

Loyalty to the pod has been identified by scientists as the cause of a mass stranding and death of 55 whales on the Isle of Lewis almost three years ago. As The Guardian reports, the Scottish ...

Blue whale calves enter the world already the size of a bus, yet they still face danger. A hungry killer whale sees a slow, inexperienced target guarded by a single adult. However, orcas cannot reach ...

SEATTLE — Three unknown orcas have been spotted in Vancouver Harbour and more recently near Seattle, sparking the excitement of western Washington residents who track local orca activity closely. The ...

Researchers suggest that predation by a subspecies called Bigg's orcas might explain why members of another one, called ...

Right whales can also be difficult to spot from boats due to their dark-colored skin and lack of a dorsal fin.

Tourists onboard a Polar Latitudes Expeditions ship in Antarctica saw a pair of orcas hunting a gentoo penguin.

Whale watching in Cabo San Lucas has a seasonal window each year due to migrating whales traveling to warmer breeding waters. The following article looks at migratory patterns, the times of year most ...

Tourists were stunned when a pair of orcas tried to hunt a gentoo penguin alongside their ship. Here’s what happened next.

A study in 2018 revealed that some orcas are able to imitate human speech, mirroring words such as 'Amy', 'Hello' and 'Bye ...