Animals can be a human’s best friend — or worst enemy. For every Free Willy, Old Yeller, Air Bud, or Beethoven, there are animal attack movies featuring everything from avian assaults (The Birds) and ...

When researcher Jared Towers set up his cameras underwater to observe a pair of killer whales, he saw something strange.

While well-documented in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctica, much less is known about killer whales (Orcinus orca) in ...

In a baffling show of generosity, killer whales across the globe are giving fish to humans—and scientists are racing to ...

Michael Sterling, up from Florida, was happy to talk about how he rebuilt a 1964 lobster boat into the Orca replica for Jaws ...

Once thriving, there are now believed to be just 73 Southern Resident killer whales left in Washington state's Puget Sound.

Charlotte Rampling and Richard Harris are the heavy-hitting Oscar nominees facing off with a big plastic whale.

Orca scientists with drone footage are probably going to be on the lookout for this sort of behavior now, Giles said. Killer whales aren’t the only cetaceans known to use tools, though.

But the number of southern resident killer whales has dwindled to just 73, meaning we could soon lose this unique cultural tradition, he warned. "If they disappear, we're never getting any of that ...

New research shows southern resident killer whales grooming each other using kelp they’ve modified, and researchers think it’s the first time researchers have documented marine mammals making ...

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