Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales — those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water ...
Scientists confirm that orcas and dolphins have lost the ability to return to dry land due to irreversible evolutionary ...
New research from the University of Washington finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they’re completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 ...
Alisa Schulman-Janiger, director of the ACS-LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project, told FTW Outdoors that Jean Huber and Christy Varni discovered the floating carcass at mid-morning less than a ...
Follow a team of scientists and filmmakers as they explore the lives of killer whales. In Antarctica, killer whales hunt using their intelligence and teamwork. Swimming together to create powerful ...
Killer whales are generally less common in the northwest ... assessing their population status and managing the threats they face," for example, fishing, vessel traffic, underwater noise and ...
Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale predation on white sharks in Australia.
they would be Southern Resident killer whales,” Gaydos said. So beloved, yet endangered, with fewer than 75 orcas at last count. Gaydos said we hardly know anything about the diseases they face ...
A pod of killer whales made an unexpected visit off the coast of Orange County Thursday. The pod of CA56 killer whales (orcas) was spotted by a Davey’s Locker whale-watching boat about 12:30 p.m ...