In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a remarkable discovery on Bering Island off Russia's Pacific coast: a severed killer whale fin marked with the teeth of another killer whale. In 2024, it ...

Ask anyone who’s had encounters with killer whales, and they will tell you just how smart they are. Orcas are incredibly intelligent creatures, capable of complex hunting strategies. They also engage ...

Two severed fins bearing the tooth marks of other killer whales have raised a troubling question: are some orcas hunting ...

Scientists found evidence that killer whales may hunt and eat other killer whales, revealing new insights into how ...

A study in 2018 revealed that some orcas are able to imitate human speech, mirroring words such as 'Amy', 'Hello' and 'Bye ...

Orcas don’t have any natural predators, so how did this happen? The tooth marks, it turned out, were distinctive – they were ...

Since Jaws’s transgenerational success, ocean predators have become a staple of Hollywood’s aquatic horror, with most films fetishizing sharks and orcas as man-killers despite crocodiles, elephants, ...

With the Salish Sea visible to the west, more than 200 people packed the Edmonds Waterfront Center auditorium March 12 to ...

Learn why blue whale calves are prime orca targets and how their massive mothers use slipstreams, allies, and shockwaves to ...

Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might ...

A trio of mysterious killer whales spotted in Vancouver Harbour last week has sparked excitement among marine researchers ...

New Canadian-led research into northern resident killer whales suggests even when food is plentiful, orca moms struggle to ...