Republicans in Washington are blaming everyone in California up to Shamu the Killer Whale for the devastating wildfires that have engulfed the Los Angeles region. The Easton and Palisades fires ...

In 2012 the journalist David Kirby caused a sensation with his book “Death at Sea World: Shamu and the dark side of the killer whales in captivity”. One year later the documentary “Blackfish” was ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

For a deep dive into orca behavior, "Expedition Killer Whale" packs stunning footage into a fascinating hour-long documentary, and we have all the details here on how to watch it. How to watch ...

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 In a remote corner of Antarctica, a group of killer whales capture their ...

The carcass was found on the beach at Cape Bridgewater near Portland. Famously, killer whales have been documented at length targeting white sharks in South Africa, resulting in a mass exodus of ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have “baleen” in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales ...

Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded these vocalizations ...

The recent autopsy of a partially devoured great white shark confirms a brutal hunting trend—killer whales around the world are not afraid to attack the fearsome fish, especially when they get a ...