Orcas have long been revered as the ocean's strongest predators. In honor of World Orca Day, we're diving into why.

Join your friends and neighbors at Lime Kiln Point State Park on Saturday, June 21 at 7 p.m. for Orca Sing 2025! Bring your ...

A massive killer whale swam deep into Yaquina Bay, hunting alone and stunning onlookers. Here's what we know about T049C — ...

Unlike the endangered Southern Residents population, whose calls are tightly patterned and used for complex group cohesion, ...

The annual count, which is run by the The Kaikōura Ocean Research Institute, tracks whales as they swim past the Kaikōura ...

The orca is one of only a handful of mammals known to go through menopause. The reason has remained murky, but now, new research suggests why: Grandmothers boost the survival of their grandcalves.

France's last remaining orcas, Wikie and Keijo, spend their endless days swimming around a cramped concrete tank after ...

An oppressed orca breaking free to find its true family? It may not be obviously queer, but I’ve found much comfort in Willy and Jesse’s story in this film ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the U.S. out of an agreement with Washington, Oregon and four American Indian tribes to work together to restore salmon populations and boost tribal ...

From world-class whale watching to oysters shucked at their source, there is a fascinating mix of culture, wildlife, and ...

UNCW’s Marine Mammal Stranding Program is celebrating the sighting of an orca named ‘Old Tom’ off the coast of North Carolina ...

San Juan Island National Historical Park commemorates the Pig War—possibly history’s most peculiar international conflict, ...