Newport recently had a couple of unexpected oceanic visitors: two Bigg’s killer whales, looking for a seal meal. The two ...

Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species ...

According to the aquarium, Old Thom is the only orca regularly seen in North Atlantic waters. Unlike most killer whales that swim in pods, Old Thom is known to swim alone or with dolphins in the Gulf ...

Jo Leach and her husband made a game-time decision when they heard a pair of orcas was swimming just off the shore on the ...

Orcas acted as primary scouts by actively seeking out baleen whales and alerting the whalers by breaching and slapping their tails at the mouth of the river. This 90-year alliance proves that Orcas ...

Three orcas that had not previously been recorded in the Seattle area have delighted whale watchers with several visits.

Tilikum was SeaWorld’s most famous orca — a massive captive whale who had already been linked to deadly incidents before the world truly knew his name. In 2010, after what seemed like a normal show in ...

Southern Resident killer whales are a small and well-studied group of orcas that have long been seen as an isolated group without much outside connection. New research challenges that view, suggesting ...

A video of a killer whale off the coast of Massachusetts went viral. An expert said it was Old Thom, a whale who has an unusual habit of showing up in New England waters.

Killer whales, or orcas, are apex predators with remarkable intelligence, social bonds, and hunting strategies. They live in every ocean, with some populations specializing in unique diets and ...

'Amongst all the different killer whale populations around the world, there's only a couple that have been observed doing this behavior,' one expert said Francois Gohier/VW Pics/Universal Images Group ...

Ask anyone who’s had encounters with killer whales, and they will tell you just how smart they are. Orcas are incredibly intelligent creatures, capable of complex hunting strategies. They also engage ...