Southern Resident Killer Whales have reason to rejoice after a healthy baby orca was born recently in or near Puget Sound.

Rice’s whale is the only baleen whale species that lives year round in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in the continental ...

Experts speculate that orcas may be playing when they ram boats so hard they sink—a phenomenon that’s mostly been documented ...

Carrying and looking after young is a demanding task, and bigger, longer females have more stored fat to tap for the job. The ...

In some whales, males compete for access to mates, but the advantage of being big may be more consistent for females.

While orcas, also known as "killer whales," are a common sight in the northeast Pacific Ocean, they’re rarely detected in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, where little is understood about pods that swim ...

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

Guests of the Mamawata Surf Retreat in Costa Rica witnessed an adult humpback whale and her calf breaching from the water while kayaking in the ocean ...

A new calf, J64, was born last week to the delight of whale watchers. Though the exact time of its birth is unknown, the ...

A new J-Pod orca calf was spotted last week in the Puget Sound, less than two weeks after a mother carried her dead baby near the San Juan Islands.

Killer whales, or orcas, are apex predators known for their intelligence and complex social structures. While wild orcas are not considered a threat to humans and have no recorded fatal attacks, it's ...