When researcher Jared Towers set up his cameras underwater to observe a pair of killer whales, he saw something strange.

In actuality, there was an entirely different whale legend that struck inspiration for the book. The Essex, a whaling ship from 1820, was attacked by what the surviving crew described as a massive ...

While well-documented in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctica, much less is known about killer whales (Orcinus orca) in ...

In a baffling show of generosity, killer whales across the globe are giving fish to humans—and scientists are racing to ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is the first to successfully recover from general anesthesia in captivity after a surgery to remove a network of cysts.

Surgery is always risky, and when you’re operating on an animal rather than a person, the logistics involved can be pretty ...

Beluga whale Kimalu wakes from anesthesia after a first-of-its-kind surgery to remove cysts at Shedd Aquarium.

Hitan" in Arabic, holds more than 400 primitive whale skeletons that offer a snapshot of the evolution of these creatures ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) – Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium performed a historic surgery on a 12-year-old beluga whale named Kimalu.