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

J Pod, one of three critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) pods, visited Point Robinson atypically early ...

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.

South Africa's iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with whales, dolphins, turtles, and pristine beaches.

The J Pod orcas were spotted far south in Puget Sound this early in the chinook salmon runs, which stunned local orca experts ...

Proposals to expand the Port of Churchill in northern Manitoba could bring an increase in shipping traffic and commercial ...