Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two genetically distinct populations being identified by Canadian scientists.

According to researchers, the extreme longevity of bowhead whales may be due to their Arctic environment, which could be attributed to sea ice that offers protection against orcas (killer whales ...

A pod of orcas spotted two weeks ago off Orange County’s coastline were seen again on Friday, Dec. 27, to the delight of whale-watching enthusiasts. The orcas are a family known as CA51, a pod ...

the orca made headlines in 2018 when she was observed grieving her deceased calf by swimming with it on her back for 17 days. By the time she finally let the calf go, the killer whale had swam a ...

Marine life researchers hope samples taken from a young humpback whale whose body washed ashore at Rexhame Beach in Marshfield on Thursday will offer more information into her cause of death.

A whale washed ashore on an Outer Banks beach Friday morning, officials said. Witnesses found the 5-10-year-old juvenile humpback whale in Kitty Hawk, near the Bennett Street Beach Access and ...

An orca who touched the hearts of people around the world in 2018 after she carried her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent show of grief has given birth again. The killer whale, named ...

Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two genetically distinct populations being identified by Canadian scientists. But ...

Killer whales are expanding their territory and have moved into Arctic waters as climate change melts sea ice, with two genetically distinct populations being identified by Canadian scientists.

Now, residents of the Puget Sound area have a new type of “Wrapped” to look forward to: ORCA Wrapped. For the last two years, ORCA has shared a systemwide, end-of-year recap inspired by ...

A small whale washed ashore on Rexhame Beach in Marshfield on Thursday morning. The latest story:What killed the whale that washed up on a Marshfield beach this week? What an expert says It is ...

Upward of 20,000 gray whales are expected to swim past Oregon’s shores over the next several weeks as part of their annual migration south to the warm calving lagoons near Baja, Mexico.