Within minutes, five orcas surrounded them, curiously circling the jet ski and boat for about half an hour. The pod included ...

They amuse us by wearing salmon hats, enrage us by sinking our expensive yachts, and now they have been documented sharing their meals with us – why?

Otherwise, Orca is about on par with Alligator and Piranha in terms of primo animals-attack B-schlock, and there were bits where it gave me some hard, pipe-hittin’ Night of the Lepus vibes.

This shared activity, which was captured using drone footage, is notable because it is the first time scientists have observed orcas using tools for the benefit of mutual grooming. How much do you ...

The white belly of a great white shark serves a surprisingly useful purpose.

Caption: Chimo the transient white whale was paired up with Haida, a southern resident orca, to perform at Sealand of the Pacific in Oak Bay, B.C. In the wild, transients and southern residents do not ...

Each orca female gives birth to only one calf at a time. The calf’s dorsal fin and tail flukes are soft and malleable in the first few days after birth. They stiffen over time as the orcas grow.

Keeping track of hundreds of orcas is being made simpler with the help of an AI algorithm that can identify individual killer whales with 92% accuracy.

Similä tells an orca story that shows how little we know about them. In 1996 the team spotted a calf with a spine and dorsal fin that had been severely injured, probably from a boat strike.

T049C is a 27-year-old Bigg’s killer whale born in 1998. He’s known for his distinct dorsal fin and behavior of entering bays and river mouths — a habit that occasionally brings him within ...

Welcome back to The Wind Up, our weekly series highlighting the newest watches of the past seven days. We are nearing the halfway point of 2025 and while much of the ...

Orca with a collapsed dorsal fin in captivity. Wrapping it up In conclusion, the unique hunting behavior of Port and Starboard, the orcas in South Africa, is a testament to their intelligence and ...