Generally it is safe to swim with orcas, think of it like walking on ice. “The immense size of these whales before my eyes left me with a smile from ear to ear,” Martinez emailed.

EDMONDS, Wash. — Researchers deployed a buoy Tuesday that will monitor underwater noise from vessels in Puget Sound as they work to protect the local orca population. The study by SMRU ...

Male orca “appears out of nowhere” off the coast of Iceland in a “truly incredible” encounter, photos show. It appeared to hunt near buoys.

Drone footage recorded by researchers shows a days-old orca calf swimming with its mother, providing hope to an endangered population of killer whales.