Orcas may join parrots and the other animals who can imitate human speech. A study examined a captive orca who is able to ...

A 2018 study has revealed that orcas, one of the ocean's most intelligent creatures, can mimic human speech with remarkable accuracy. The eerie recordings of a 14-year-old female orca named Wikie have ...

Have you ever wondered whether your dog or cat experiences feelings of joy and sadness? How about whether or not wild animals love and grieve? Barbara J. King, an emerita professor of anthropology at ...

There is no record of an orca ever killing a human in the wild. One of the few documented near-attacks — an orca charging at a surfer in Norway before pulling away — most likely happened ...

The Broader Implications for Marine Research. Image generated by Linnea for AATG using DALLE-E. “Listen to these Orca whales imitate human speech” by The Journal via youtube In this extraordinary ...

Backbone Campaign interpreted Tahlequah’s heroic journey in 2018 as a call to action. It turned its energy, creative tools ...

Orcas, known for their intelligence, can mimic human language, as demonstrated by a female orca named Wikie who replicated words like 'hello' and 'bye-bye.' This research highlights orcas' vocal ...

A newborn killer whale calf spotted off the southern coast of WA could be one of the youngest ever seen in Australian waters.

They can hunt on land and are actually in possession of the largest marine mammal brain. Here’s something you may not know about orcas though - they can apparently copy basic human words like ‘hello’ ...

Maybe the story of the orca mom and her dead calf spoke to me when it made headlines six years ago because I was swimming ...