Dawn Brancheau was one of SeaWorld's most experienced trainers before she was mauled to death by Tilikum the killer whale in front of ... "We saw Shamu (Tillikum) at the window straight up.

They break your rudder and water and waves begin to enter your boat, and once the water enters there is nothing you can do,” ...

A pod of 10 killer whales graced the water next to a group of whale watchers off California. Throughout the day on Aug. 24, they kept appearing. And the animals put on quite a show. “What an ...

Scientists have discovered the cuisine preferences of two resident killer whale populations, also known as orcas: the Alaska residents and the southern residents, which reside primarily in the Salish ...

The accompanying images were captured off Port Angeles, Wash., by Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a California-based killer whale researcher. “It’s still the most astounding thing I’ve seen ...

Darren Croft studies one of the ocean’s most charismatic and spectacular animals – the killer whale. Orca are probably best known for their predatory behaviour: ganging up to catch hapless ...

Our Aotearoa/New Zealand false killer whale research programme began in the year 2000 as a citizen scientist project to collect sighting information on these charismatic but largely unknown whales.

Encounters with orcas, also known as killer whales, have been on the rise since 2020. New research suggests that older Orcas may be training the young on how to hunt, but not all scientists agree.

a partnership of Spanish and Portuguese scientists that monitors the Iberian killer whale population. At least a half-dozen yachts, fishing vessels and sailboats have sunk. For the Spanish ...