Recently, a male orca known as J27 ... identifying features such as the dorsal fin and saddle patch on its back were underwater. “But the fish was definitely up there,” she said.

THE “world’s loneliest orca” who has been trapped in a tiny pool for 32 years is experiencing the “worst form of torture”, experts claim. A devastating video shows Kshamenk barely able ...

On her first day a male orca’s tall dorsal fin pierced the water beside the rubber dinghy she was riding in. The sight left her speechless—and erased all thoughts of plankton. She switched to ...

Despite a 6-foot high plexiglass shield, if you don’t want to get wet when watching the orca (killer whale) show at SeaWorld, ...

Students study the vocalizations, hunting techniques and social behaviors of four communities of orcas and discuss ... and white pictures of the dorsal (top) fin and the saddle patch (pigmented ...

They have large, rounded pectoral fins and a unique, variable gray or white “saddle patch” behind their large dorsal fin ... of young. Killer whales are presumed to be polygamous, but do not breed ...