The J, K, and L pods make up the small population of Southern Resident killer whales that's left in the wild. The whales' ...

The endangered whales face multiple threats, from a lack of their primary food, chinook salmon, to underwater noise from vessels that makes it harder to hunt, as well as pollution and inbreeding.

A new orca calf has been born in J Pod. The baby cetacean, called J64, is part of the Southern Resident Killer Whale ...

The new baby, J64, arrived about a week after another calf in the pod was spotted dead in September. Researchers say only ...

The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds Kelsey Williamson Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on the ...

The ocean’s top predator was seen on the hunt for its next meal off the coast of California, boaters said. Passengers aboard Monterey Bay Whale Watch’s boat on Oct. 7 got the chance to see a killer ...

Whale watchers also got the chance to see a mama sea creature hold a sea lion carcass to help feed her baby, the company said ...

Facebook was flooded with videos of orcas splashing and jumping as they made their way under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to Fox Island.

While orcas, also known as "killer whales," are a common sight in the northeast Pacific Ocean, they’re rarely detected in the ...

Killer whales are known as apex predators in the regions they inhabit in each of the Earth's oceans, typically preying on fish, turtles, marine mammals like seals, and even moose. Now, researchers ...

What is it like kayaking where killer whales swim? If you paddle in the Puget Sound in Washington, you may find yourself face-to-face with a pod of killer whales, also known as orcas. Despite their ...

One day in June 2022 Chérine Baumgartner, a researcher at the Icelandic Orca Project, was watching from a dinghy as a pod of killer whales fed on herring—when she noticed something very odd about what ...