NOAA Fisheries West Coast An orca whale mother has kept her dead calf by her side for at least 11 days. Tahlequah (who is also known as her alpha-numeric designation, J35) previously made ...

This event, captured in a video, shows the team tirelessly working to keep the orca wet and cool. They eventually managed to return it back to the ocean. This rescue demonstrates human compassion ...

Males are bigger than females, but they both vary in size and weight. The largest orca ever recorded was a staggering 32 feet (9.8 meters) long and weighed 22,000 lbs. (10,000 kilograms).

All eight Orca-class vessels came together for a joint exercise on that extended into the Strait of Juan de Fuca ...

(AP) - An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf, in another ...

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