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 ...

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

ANTIBES, France — A female orca at a marine park in France has learned a handful of words and can mimic human language, according to scientists. The 16-year-old killer whale, named Wikie, can say ...

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — Biologists with the Center for Whale Research have documented a new Southern Resident killer whale calf traveling with L pod in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca. RELATED | ...

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 ...