Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators. Lawmakers react to US seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker After winning his first Oscar, Tom Cruise kept repeating the same 2-word phrase ...

Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state has been seen carrying her dead newborn calf in an apparent effort to revive it. The more we learn about orcas, the more remarkable they are. These ...

Some say they got this name because sailors noticed their ability to dispatch enormous whales and dubbed them ‘whale killers’ ...

ABUJA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - An Anglican priest kidnapped in northwest Nigeria last month has been killed in captivity, the head of the Church of Nigeria said, as the country reels from a surge in ...

Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals. A new study is the first to document cooperative hunting between orcas and ...

Whale watchers in Madeira captured the astonishing moment orcas took down the deep-diving marine mammal. The predatory behavior had never been documented in the region. A pygmy sperm whale was ...

Researchers have observed dolphins and killer whales hunting together for the first time as part of a new study released on Thursday, Dec. 11. The top predators joined forces to feast on salmon off ...

A family’s yacht was attacked by a pod of killer whales in the middle of the night, the latest in a series of similar incidents off the Portuguese coast. The Dutch family was sailing between Porto and ...

There are eye-opening claims that orcas and dolphins are working together on salmon hunts and sharing food — but not everyone is convinced. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Credit: University of British Columbia (A. Trites)/Dalhousie University (S. Fortune)/Hakai Institute (K. Holmes)/Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (X. Cheng) Nature can be brutal. But ...