Killer whales aren’t actually whales at all, but rather part of the dolphin family. Still, researchers say that older females within pods will fight to protect the young in the crowd ...

A minke whale that was swimming in Long Beach Harbor earlier this month died from domoic acid poisoning, according to ...

The episode, witnessed off the Australian coast, offers a rare glimpse into the brutal efficiency of the ocean’s top predator.

The sighting of a baby killer whale in British Columbia has given researchers a sign of hope for the endangered species, ...

The group behind a project to build North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales in Nova Scotia has renewed its ...

They were the killer whales known as Port and Starboard who ... years trying to figure out how orcas - the largest of the dolphin family - are so easily dispatching some of the fiercest predators ...