Staff have shared their heartache following the death of Kamea, they described her as 'playful and mischievous' and shared ...

Killer whales, also known as orcas ... But my real fascination with this story has been the human reaction to it. Why have so many wanted to join “Team Orca” in the supposed uprising against ...

Scientists have documented what might be the first case of friendly interactions between killer whales and smaller cetaceans. Here's what they think is going on.

The trauma to the orca whales was so significant that they stopped coming into that area until this year. One good thing that came from the event was the fact that so many people were exposed to ...

Another orca was so traumatized by an encounter with a ... That's compared to many dolphin and whale subspecies that are either endangered or critically endangered, according to the International ...

Scientists think the killer whale is likely to be expressing grief ... “We don’t know exactly what the survival rate is, because so many calves are probably being born and dying before ...

Orcas in captivity sometimes attack humans. Captive killer whales have been linked to four human deaths and many other violent incidents. For instance, a SeaWorld orca named "Tilikum" was involved ...

Find out what makes the killer whale so unique and why they need our protection now more than ever. Killer whales oftentimes live in large family groups called pods with up to 50 orcas.

White killer whales ... “This photo means so much to me. I’ve spent over a decade photographing orcas and this is the first white one I’ve ever seen. I hope as many people as possible ...

As the orcas feasted, many of them breached and tail-slapped ... “I felt mixed emotions,” she told Yahoo News. “I love blue whales so it was sad to watch its life being taken by the orcas ...

Spanish marine biologists are considering a possible explanation for why killer whales are continually attacking leisure ...

So many pulse calls and whistles ... This is the first time pack- ice killer whales have ever been, ever been recorded. - Lee continues to listen to the group for several hours as they look ...