Killer whales, also known as orcas, are easily recognized by their stunning black and white appearance. These huge animals ...

An international research team, led by Dr. Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, has uncovered an “exceptional” ...

The debate over the ocean’s greatest predator often pits the orca against the great white shark, with many siding with the ...

A team of researchers, led by Dr. Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, recently provided a comprehensive, ...

Dr. Leigh Hickmott, whale biologist and conservationist, who is an expert on Pack Ice killer whales, and whose research uses them as indicators to assess human disturbance of marine habitats.

In the warm, cobalt waters just off the coast of Dominica —a mountainous Caribbean island often called the "Nature Island"—a ...

The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect North Atlantic right whales from lethal collisions with ships in its waters.

Since 1995, I’ve been conducting raptor surveys by vehicle along Washington’s coastal beaches. Completed with a host of volunteers, the surveys take place every month from September to May. It ...

In the early morning on June 27, beachgoers woke up to find a humpback whale that had washed up on Long Beach Island in Ocean County.

Killer whales were seen ‘kissing’ for the first time in the wild, photo evidence shows. The ‘rare’ encounter ‘lasted nearly two minutes,’ researchers said.

The researchers suggest that tongue-nibbling in orcas may be a form of social bonding, similar to that seen in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas), a type of toothed whale.

A discovery of unique killer whale behavior may be the first documented time a marine species has been seen using and creating tools for something not food-related.