Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen ...

New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...

A new orca calf has been born in the Pacific Northwest, and this baby boasts an impressive family tree. The orca calf belongs to a family of transient killer whales, or “Bigg’s” killer whales, and was ...

SEATTLE — The newest member in the J Pod of the Southern Resident killer whales, calf J62, has been confirmed as a female by the Center for Whale Research. A team was sent to Snug Harbor on Feb. 8 ...

SEATTLE — A new Bigg’s orca calf was spotted in the Salish Sea last week among a group of more than a dozen killer whales, according to the Pacific Whale Watch Association. The baby was seen on ...

A Southern Resident killer whale has been spotted clinging to her dead baby in the Salish Sea off northern Washington, a conservation group said. J-36, also known as Alki, was seen Sept. 12 in the ...

Long baleen whale mothers are more likely to have female calves than males, according to a new study led by the University of ...

A Bigg’s killer whale calf is seen swimming alongside its mom in the Salish Sea off Washington. Caio Ribeiro Eagle Wing Tours / Pacific Whale Watch Association A killer whale has become a first-time ...

On Friday evening, after all the human patients were finished for the day at the Alaska Spine Institute's imaging center, a dead killer whale calf underwent a CT scan and an MRI. The whale offered a ...