Researchers have made an interesting discovery off the South African coast: they found that orcas have driven great white ...

What was supposed to be an area with a teeming population of 800-1,000 great white sharks (especially in the 2010s), has ...

There are five types of killer whale in Antarctica, but only three found in these waters, near the peninsula south of South ...

As few as 7% of male humpback whales in the south Pacific Ocean sire offspring, according to a new study. Photo from Amy Humphries, UnSplash Most male humpback whales in a Pacific Ocean population ...

The park has said 90 percent of its visitors come for its orca and dolphin performances. The closure of Marineland puts an end to a story that began when Count Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de La Poype ...

Listen to article ANTIBES, FRANCE: A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving uncertain futures for the two last orcas ...

The appearance of a new orca calf in Washington’s Puget Sound last month was cause for celebration. The young female, whom researchers named J61, was a new addition to the Southern Resident ...

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for more than two weeks is doing so once again after the death of her new calf, another sign of ...

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An orca who drew international attention when she carried her dead calf for 17 days and more than 1,000 miles seven years ago is experiencing heartbreak all over again. Scientists initially ...

A killer whale that is part of a population struggling to survive appears to be grieving, carrying the carcass of her dead calf on her head, echoing the mourning behaviour she exhibited for 17 ...

Thirty years after Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was shot and killed at the height of her career, the president of her fan club, who was convicted of murdering the 23-year-old singer ...