Orcas, known for their intelligence, can mimic human language, as demonstrated by a female orca named Wikie who replicated ...

After the attack, which took place off the coast of Honduras, one of the orcas charged “directly” at the anglers’ boat.

A 2018 study has revealed that killer whales, or orcas, have the ability to mimic human speech. Researchers trained a 14-year ...

Mother orca Tahlequah is continuing to carry her burden of grief: a dead calf that she now has been refusing to let go of for ...

Killer whales, or orcas, have long been recognized as some of the most intelligent creatures in the ocean. Known for their ...

A 400-pound, 7-foot-long, orange-and-black newborn may have already set the record for Kitsap’s largest baby of the year, but ...

It's a race against the clock for scientists and researchers to learn more about two Southern Resident whale calves and their ...

Tahlequah, the Southern Resident orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days in 2018, is mourning the loss of another newborn, ...

The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is found in the icy waters of the Arctic. These are the longest-living mammals; some ...

The mother orca nudges her dead calf with her snout, draping it over her head and gripping its tiny fin with her teeth, to stave off the inevitable.

The southern resident killer whale, known as Tahlequah, has now lost another calf in what the Center for Whale Research called “devastating” news.

The calf was born in late December. Observing researchers noted unusual unspecified behaviors by mother and calf that led ...