A Southern Resident killer whale surfacing in Puget Sound with a dead salmon balanced on its head has drawn international ...
Orcas are born with powerful bodies and sharp teeth, but they are not born knowing how to hunt. Here’s why they depend so ...
The orca on the left carries kelp in its mouth, allowing the whales to "allokelp," or roll the plant between their two bodies. - Center for Whale Research Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN ...
SEATTLE -- Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in four oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop relationships with humans, researchers have found. In each of the ...
When researchers from the University of British Columbia set out to film the solitary hunting habits of Northern resident ...
Recent observations suggest that orcas may have developed a new communication strategy to coordinate, plan, and execute their ...
Behavioral ecologist Michael Weiss was browsing through new drone footage of the orca pods he studies in the Salish Sea when he spotted one of the killer whales carrying something green in its mouth ...