A team led by researchers at the University of Washington and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has ...

However, there are likely to be other ecotypes in Falkland waters. The “type D” killer whale has just a tiny white eye patch; it is known from a few sightings in Sub-Antarctic waters ...

ABOARD A BOAT IN THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR — From the surface, the azure waters seem calm and inviting in this narrow patch where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Mediterranean Sea. Spain’s arid ...

The accompanying images were captured off Port Angeles, Wash., by Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a California-based killer whale researcher. “It’s still the most astounding thing I’ve seen ...

For the last five years, killer ... the whales and boats are in the same area at the same time,” said Naomi Rose, a senior ...

A study from the University of Washington confirms what scientists have long speculated about how marine vessel noise interferes with whales. Female orcas with young calves avoid areas where boat ...

These are the questions that keep them up at night. These killer whales seen off the continental shelf of northeastern New Zealand are members of the elusive ecotype of offshore orcas. Orca ...

It wasn't known exactly how many orcas — also known as killer whales — were involved in the attack near O Roncudo along the rocky cliffs of the Spanish province of Galicia. Spain's maritime ...

Killer whales are social creatures that live and travel in pods. They even have pod-specific anthems they repeat to one another. Rajvi Khatri via Unsplash Boaters with Monterey Bay Whale Watch ...

But with binoculars trained on the horizon, the boat’s captain is on the lookout for something potentially far more unsettling: orcas, also known as killer whales, who in recent years have taken ...

But with binoculars trained on the horizon, the boat’s captain is on the lookout for something potentially far more unsettling: orcas, also known as killer whales, who in recent years have taken ...