A new orca whale calf spotted in Puget Sound in Washington State is the latest addition to a well-known family of killer whales with a connection to SeaWorld. In 1976, the calf’s great-grandmother ...

As so-called “killer whales” have made news over the past few years for violent boat attacks in European waters, marine biologists have noticed a far sweeter behavior in Iceland’s frigid waves: the ...

One day in June 2022 Chérine Baumgartner, a researcher at the Icelandic Orca Project, was watching from a dinghy as a pod of killer whales fed on herring—when she noticed something very odd about what ...

A baby Bigg’s (Transient) orca photographed travelling with T068C pod near Tonquin Beach off Tofino on Jan. 5 appears to be in poor health and will likely die, according to whale researcher and ...

Bigg’s killer whales, known for primarily hunting harbour seal, harbour porpoise and Steller sea lions, are designated as threatened by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada ...

Off the rugged coast of Iceland, an extraordinary and puzzling phenomenon has captured the attention of marine scientists. Over the past few years, baby pilot whales—tiny and vulnerable—have been ...

A new baby orca born to J Pod is a ray of hope for the endangered southern resident killer whales. J63 was spotted by Mark Malleson, field biologist for the Center for Whale Research, on April 6. J ...

A new orca calf has been born in the Pacific Northwest, and this baby boasts an impressive family tree. The orca calf belongs to a family of transient killer whales, or “Bigg’s” killer whales, and was ...

A Bigg’s killer whale calf is seen swimming alongside its mom in the Salish Sea off Washington. Caio Ribeiro Eagle Wing Tours / Pacific Whale Watch Association A killer whale has become a first-time ...