Another baby has been born to the Northwest’s endangered orca population. A Center for Whale Research crew spotted the baby, ...

Quiver and his family are a special group of whales for Haight, as they gave her one of the most memorable orca encounters of ...

At least three orca whales were spotted swimming through ... All whales are federally protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ...

Researchers are cautiously optimistic, although two of the last four calves born to Southern Residents have died.

But this solo orca attack, observed by scientists in June ... showed one of the orcas killing an 8.2-foot-long shark by itself in under two minutes. According to one of the biologists who observed ...

SEATTLE — A new orca calf spotted in the Puget Sound last week is part of the family of the last killer whale captured in United States waters. The new Bigg's, or mammal-hunting, orca calf was ...

Snopes has looked into other online rumors involving killer whales, including the false claim that radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has caused 100% infant mortality among orca ...

(Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press) The young orca's behaviour changed almost at the moment she passed under the bridge and headed for the open ocean, said Paul Cottrell, a marine mammal co ...

There aren’t many orca – under 40 individuals, so finding them amongst the 30-odd thousand whales is the biggest hurdle. Fortunately, local light aircraft and boats call in sightings for John ...

At least three orca whales were spotted swimming through Bellingham Bay on Tuesday. Bellingham resident Nate Wallace captured a video of the whales at about 4:30 p.m. as they were swimming south ...