Blackfish' tells the shockingly true story of a SeaWorld orca who caused the deaths of several people during captivity ...

Orcas are smaller: male orcas grow to about 30 feet. They are renowned for hunting in groups, which scientists say makes them ...

What is it like kayaking where killer whales swim? If you paddle in the Puget Sound in Washington, you may find yourself face ...

Morgan, a captive orca, has given birth for the second time and now face a lifetime in a aquatic tank, performing for ...

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 ...

Humpback Whale Jumps Out of Water Next to Tour Boat and Waves at Stunned Onlookers Speaking with BBC, Rhodes University shark biologist Dr. Alison Towner told the outlet that the male orca ...

She heard that biologists were starting orca safaris in Norway and volunteered to work on their boats. On her first day a male orca’s tall dorsal fin pierced the water beside the rubber dinghy ...

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An orca rescued in the Wadden Sea 15 years ago has again given birth to a calf at a Spanish amusement park, much to the ...

Their tactics have been consistent. Some, principally the smaller ones, distract the humpback mother whilst the large male orca use their heads like battering rams to kill the young humpbacks.