Orcas are among the most powerful predators in the ocean, combining intelligence, coordination, and physical strength to hunt animals as large as sharks and whales. Their sharp teeth and strategic ...

Three orcas from Alaska surfaced in the waters between Washington state and Canada in March, an area where they've never been ...

Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan to save declining salmon, partnering with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe to reintroduce endangered winter-run Chinook to the cold waters upstream of Lake ...

The world's third-largest land mammal after the African and Asian elephants, the common hippo is no pushover. Reaching up to 5m long and weighing a mighty 4500kg (about six times the mass of a typical ...

The government of France says it has yet to make a decision about the fate of two captive killer whales that an animal ...

Steve Backshall spotted two of the UK's last surviving orcas which he described as one of his "greatest British wildlife ...

On Oct. 21, 2025, Nova Scotia granted the Whale Sanctuary Project (WSP), an 83-hectare, 20-year Crown lease for land ...

A trio of mystery orcas has been delighting people off the coast of Seattle, but researchers are wondering where they ...

Earlier this year, local conservation group Wild Ocean Whale Society (WOWS) received sightings of northern resident orcas ...

Self-anointing occurs in many species, and there are multiple reasons for it. Rice-field rats self-anoint with the anal gland ...

A pod of three whales, not previously recorded in the region, may have traveled from Alaska after being spotted near Seattle.

Three orcas that had not previously been recorded in the Seattle area have delighted whale watchers with several visits.