Whale watching trips off the northern Channel Islands spotted large groups of orcas. The company started running trips out of ...

They are big. They are beautiful. And they are back. The return of the humpback whale to greater numbers than observed in decades is part of a larger revival of marine mammals in the Salish Sea. It is ...

Orcas are not just strong predators – they are organized, intelligent killers with tactics that look almost military. They ...

The idea of beached marine life is horrifying. The act is often associated with ill animals and can quickly lead to death.

In a display of sophisticated predatory behaviour, three orcas were seen using a highly strategic hunting method to ‘kidnap’ a young humpback whale, from under its mother’s nose. This entirely new ...

Nobody likes a mama’s boy. That’s true whether you’re trying to date on Duval Street or praying with your girlfriends over a ...

Electric eels 'switch off' their electronic pulses to sneak up on prey – a hunting strategy similar to that of orcas using ...

A recent study in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics explains how Antarctic orcas create 'depression waves' to knock seals from ice floes through precise swimming posture and group coordination. By ...

About a dozen people had a front-row seat as four Bigg’s orcas, including a new calf, frolicked near the Ogden Point Breakwater on Thursday.

Newport recently had a couple of unexpected oceanic visitors: two Bigg’s killer whales, looking for a seal meal. The two whales were observed off Yaquina Head near Cobble Beach on April 25, and their ...

Jo Leach and her husband made a game-time decision when they heard a pair of orcas was swimming just off the shore on the Oregon coast near Newport on April 25. The retired couple lives more than 25 ...

Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species is a growing concern.