A rare sighting of critically endangered southern resident killer whales off the Oregon coast offers a glimpse of a ...

Washington (CNN)-- In 2002, a male killer whale, or orca, who had been on public display in concrete tanks for 19 years, swam off on his own into the Atlantic Ocean. Keiko, the star of the movie ...

A juvenile humpback whale was found dead at a North Carolina beach near the South Carolina border last week, the Lowcountry ...

Originally known as “whale killer,” the orca's common name stems from early ... Killer whales are presumed to be polygamous, but do not breed within their own pods. LIFE CYCLE: Male killer whales ...

One of the most notable deaths from a killer whale was in February 2010 at SeaWorld Orlando, when trainer Dawn Brancheau was drowned by Tilikum, the park’s 29-year-old male orca. Three citations ...

A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle by treating the whale watchers to the rare ... The pod of Bigg's killer whales visited Elliott Bay and were seemingly on a ...