These regulations ban the use of dolphins and whales in performances, which traditionally accounted for 90% of the park’s ...

The fate of two killer whales is uncertain following the closure of a marine zoo in France on Sunday. Campaigners and the zoo's managers have been locked in disagreement about what should happen to ...

SEATTLE — In a day of sadness and surprise, researchers on Puget Sound on Tuesday found J61, the new calf born to mother orca Tahlequah, had not survived — and that a new calf also had been ...

If this theme park year were a laundry detergent, it could be marketed as “new and improved.” Several major additions to ...

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 ...

Tahlequah, the Orca Whale Who Once Grieved Her Dead Calf for 17 Days, Is a Mother Again "Early life is always dangerous for new calves, with a very high mortality rate in the first year," The ...

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 ...

There were sharks eating sharks, snakes eating snakes, and ants chopping each other's legs off. Here is a roundup of some of the best animal news stories from 2024. There's been a lot going on in ...