directly observing the apex predator’s hunting behavior in the wild is a rare opportunity. The animals, sometimes called killer whales, range over thousands of miles of open ocean in small pods ...

It was an orca-versus-dolphin matchup, and the dolphin didn’t stand a chance. In coastal waters near Chile in 2023, a massive female killer whale walloped ... Known as pods, these small orca ...

Onlookers got to see a glimpse of baby orcas off the coast of California. Two older killer whale calves were spotted Oct. 5 ...

Females usually live to about 50, but some in the wild live ... for life. “Killer whales rely on underwater sound to feed, communicate, and navigate,” NOAA says. “Pod members communicate ...

The Lhaq'temish people of the Pacific Northwest, also known as the Lummi Nation, don't think of orcas as animals. As we learn ...

Recent killer whale attacks in Gibraltar are reopening studies into why these marine beasts are suddenly changing their ...