Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators.

Under a new law, Washington boaters must stay 1,000 yards away from southern resident killer whales (SRKW) at all times. The law went into effect on Jan. 1, the same day that many islanders spotted J ...

Tahlequah, the grieving mother orca, once again carries the weight of loss, embodying the emotional depth and resilience of ...

Dave Phillips, a scientist that helped to rewild Keiko, the orca who starred in "Free Willy," is working to help two other ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...

The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it over her head and gripping its tiny fin with her teeth, to stave off the inevitable.

The southern resident killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has now lost another calf in what the Center for Whale Research called “devastating” news.

An endangered orca who carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 is doing so once again following the death of her new ...

An endangered whale was spotted off Washington carrying her calf’s deceased body over a week after the baby was first ...

A new law went into effect Jan. 1 that extends the buffer zone around endangered Southern Resident killer whales, punishable by a $500 fine.

Mr. Hanson said on Thursday that he did not know why the female calf, who lived for a few days during the last weeks of ...