Swimming deep in the Pacific Ocean, a group of little-known killer whales that eat large sea mammals including grey whale calves has been found, researchers say.. In a recently-published catalog ...

Visiting from Greenwich, N.Y., mom Carolina Ravanelli snaps a photo of her son, 2-year-old Luca, with a killer whale during SeaWorld Orlando’s Killer Whale Up-Close Tour on Sept. 4, 2018.

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse with her for more than two weeks in a harrowing tale of grief, has lost another baby, scientists revealed.. The orca ...

J35, a southern resident killer whale also known as Tahlequah, carried her child's body on her head for 17 days across a distance of 1,000 miles in 2018, according to the Center for Whale Research.

Approving two proposed killer whale species could transform how they're conserved. It would also turn a new page in one of the strangest chapters in marine mammal history.

Killer whale mom who carried her dead baby for 17 days across 1,000 miles of ocean gives birth to new calf By . Haley Brown. Published Dec. 25, 2024, 6:37 p.m. ET.

A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head. It’s not clear what the behavior means, but orcas were observed doing the same thing in the 1980s.

The carcass of a killer whale that was found on a Palm Coast beach nearly six months ago will be transported to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., by the end ...

A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head. It’s not clear what the behavior means, but orcas were observed doing the same thing in the 1980s.

Killer whales are known for their intelligence and power, even an inclination to sink yachts. Now, research is showing how they take down prey that few other animals can. Orcas in Mexico's Gulf of ...

A recent study led by scientists from Australia's New Curtin University shows that the world's smallest type of killer whale, the Ross Sea killer whale, has a surprisingly complex musical ...